Sunny and Nephis remained in Verge for a short while, resting and recuperating. However, they did not stay long.
There was a lot they could do... a lot they needed to do. They had to come to terms with each other once more, and in more practical terms, they had to experiment extensively to explore what the Shadow Bond was capable of now that they were Supreme.
But both of them felt anxious, not knowing what had happened to Ananke.
The threads of essence string tied around their wrists suggested that she was alive, but apart from that? Neither of them knew. They did not know what state the Estuary was in or how long she would stay alive, either.
So, they abandoned the ruins of Verge and continued traversing the labyrinth of broken time.
This time, side by side.
There were a million things Sunny wanted to say, but strangely enough, he wanted to remain silent just as much. The silence between him and Nephis did not feel tense, though.
