"What happened? Are you truly so wimpy that you couldn't trust me? You had to disappear after handing over the Spirit Pool?"
Camilla's voice grew quieter as she added; "Do you think I wouldn't keep my word?"
Stan considered how much to tell her and he decided on the truth.
Not all of it, the identity of the Void Sovereign, the deeper history behind the inheritance, and the fact that the return of the vanished races was already inevitable. Those secrets would remain his for now. But the general outline was safe enough to share.
"I encountered an inheritance," he said simply. "I passed its trials and received the legacy left behind by its creator. That's why my aura has changed."
Camilla stared at him. "An inheritance?"
"Yes."
"You, a New Age human, encountered an inheritance beneath a glacier, passed its trials, and received its legacy."
"Yes." She remained silent for a long moment.
