And then, just like that, a portal formed behind Areon and Nova, its surface rippling softly with a controlled, unnatural stillness that didn't belong to anything ordinary.
The sudden appearance of it made both of them react instantly.
Areon's eyes narrowed slightly, his posture shifting just enough to signal alertness, while Nova's gaze sharpened even more intensely, her attention snapping toward the old man without hesitation, her instincts immediately recognizing that what had just been done was not something simple or common.
Control over portals?
That alone was enough to raise concern before not to say.. now these same portals seems to be quite so intentional around and inside the Empire.
Their eyes locked onto Riven's disguised form, both of them unconsciously memorizing every detail of his appearance, committing it to memory as a precaution, because this was not the kind of ability one simply ignored or dismissed.
Nova, in particular, did not stop at just observing.
