Chapter 746: The Search for a Name
*We should start preparing,* Noctis said to Orion.
"Preparing?" Orion asked him.
*Surely you have not forgotten that we must remove the remnants of the black magic in Josiah and Sophia?*
Orion's lips curved into a small smile. "I haven't forgotten."
Noctis was quiet for a moment, and Orion could feel him weighing something, considering his next words carefully.
*We should start with Josiah.*
Orion turned from the window, his brow furrowing slightly. "Why Josiah first?"
*He should be used as the experiment,* Noctis replied. *Just in case something goes wrong, we will be able to correct it immediately before we try on Sophia.*
Orion chuckled at that. "I hope nothing like that happens. I promised Annabeth I would try to go easy on Josiah."
*Using him as an experiment is going easy on him,* Noctis pointed out dryly. *He could have been left to rot in the dungeons.*
Orion chose not to reply to that.
Instead, he asked, "What do we need?"
