After over an hour of meticulously admiring and carefully checking every single thing he possibly could, Asher let out another long and weary sigh before levitating steadily into the air where Malrik stood with a calm and composed smile, silently watching his approaching little brother with quiet amusement and interest.
"So?" Malrik asked, as though patiently waiting for Asher's compliments, reactions, and words of awe to finally come.
Asher met Malrik's gaze for a brief moment, his mind rapidly running through a series of layered and complex questions. After a short pause of consideration, he decided to ask the one that had been bothering him the most from the very beginning.
