Kyle remained silent for a while.
'Or am I just coping?'
'What if Swamp Dragon promised the Overseer something in exchange for our lives? What if he placed some kind of dummy body in another Elemental that looks like me?'
'I wouldn't put it past Swamp Dragon to also sacrifice himself if it means that the plan succeeds.'
Silence.
'I don't know. Are they all still alive or are they all dead?'
Kyle didn't even know what he was feeling anymore.
Hope, hopelessness, betrayal, hatred…
He looked at the countless tiny Karmic Lines and focused on their color.
Their colors were mixed and weak.
Yet two Karmic Lines had stronger colors than all the others. The colors of these two lines represented goodwill.
Two people out there wished Kyle all the best. In order to feel such goodwill for someone, one had to know the other person.
