Rex's gaze didn't just settle on her; it anchored her. He stood in the center of the decaying district, a man surrounded by ruin, yet appearing as the only stable point in a collapsing universe.
The air between them felt pressurized, thick with the scent of pulverized stone and the metallic tang of distant fires.
"Tonight, you are going to walk into the Grand Academy's meeting room," Rex began. His voice wasn't loud, but it carried the weight of a divine decree, cutting through the settling dust of the ruins.
"You are going to stand before the most powerful minds in the district, and you are going to strip them of their ignorance."
"You will tell them everything you know about the Legion's structure."
"You will detail Celestina's operational network, and you will lay bare the specific, terrifying capabilities she has been meticulously building for thirty years."
