She smiled, meeting Uriel's gaze head-on without a care in the world.
She didn't care to explain how she was able to exist as two beings, or how she'd fooled him, or if any of it was even real in the first place.
She simply smiled, her visage radiating pure bliss and tranquility. The essence of her smile was so pure it seemed to soothe and sweeten the aether in the air, making it submissive and docile beyond words.
But the sweetness of her presence rapidly became so exaggerated that it manifested as poison, an overload of tranquility that sparked endless chaos.
The aether around her seemed docile and calm, but Uriel could feel its essence slowly trying to seep into him and rot all order within his being.
"…" He shook his head, then sighed.
With a flicker of his Will, his sentry spell was dispelled and the formation in the skies faded, the pouring rain of blades finally coming to an end.
