The silence stretched between them like a fragile thread, threatening to snap at any moment.
But eventually, the Battle Angels forced their minds back to the present.
There would be time for questions later. Right now, only one thing mattered.
Mika!
They surged forward at full speed, desperate to check that he was still himself.
The lingering remnants of the Eternal Queen's presence still clung to him like a shroud, and the thought of what that malevolent force might have done to their boy made their hearts pound with terror.
But just as they were about to reach him, they stopped.
Mika floated in the air with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Eternal Queen had vanished.
His posture was relaxed, but there was something in the way he gazed forward, that spoke of thoughts far too heavy for someone his age.
It was the look of someone who had glimpsed something beyond mortal understanding and was still trying to make sense of it.
