[There was a lot to mull over when it came to the topics about Sorey and Mikleo's world. A lot of terms that she has never heard of or hold a completely different meaning. It was sometimes difficult to fully comprehend everything until she learned more about it. Imagining it in her own shoes helps a great deal.

But when it came to the topic of the seraphim, or seraph, it was difficult to wrap her mind around it. Spirits exist in her world, but in the form of memories of those that held unfulfilled wishes. People with lingering regrets. All of which her world will always remember if it was something deemed very precious. A rain summoner's duty is to seal those regrets and burdens onto themselves as a way to enrich the land and the hearts of the living. She wasn't certain if her duties are linked to Sorey's own. Whatever the case, Nike was willing to listen all about it, now that Sorey was open to the idea.

Nike will take her seat by his bed as she has no qualms over invading it, in a way, as she has done so before. A thoughtful hum will escape her lips as she thinks about the best question to ask him.]

I asked Mikleo more about the seraph. The details you gave me about there being two kinds. What I'm curious about is -- how long did it take for it to happen? Are you the same age as Mikleo now or...? [She couldn't help wonder where he was all this time when Mikleo was alone, but didn't want to be too upfront about it, not yet anyway.]

Why did you need to fall asleep after dealing with...Heldalf, was it? Who are they, anyway? I don't think you ever mentioned him or Maotelus before.

[It was easy to tell that the whole situation was complicated. With the way he toying with his hair, he was trying to find ways to better explain the little he did know. She doesn't fault him for it. There is very little she knows about her own family and powers to which she was beginning to slowly realize it is the case.

At the very least, his next response sounded more positive than the little he spoke about before.]

...in other words, you've been asleep the entire time that Mikleo was traveling around on his own?

Then in other words, not only are you suppose to defeat the Lord of Calamity, but purify the land he tarnished? Does that mean there won't be another quite like him or...?

[She imagines there will always be a Lord of Calamity if there are more than one Shepherd throughout the ages. Sorey wasn't the first, and most likely won't be the last from the little he has told her before. There will be a moment of meditative silence before she decides to add.]

Is the Lord of Calamity the reason behind the Malevolence? Like their boss?

How did you know you had to defeat him in the end though? Did he appear to you the moment you became a Shepherd or did you learn about your destiny as time went on? I imagine Lailah had to have served as a guide if she was your main Lord, was it?

[She couldn't imagine someone figuring out their fate as easily as that. Fate can be fickle at times too. Changing to fit the issues that need to be solved at the current moment. That's why everyone, one way or another, have a different type of purpose to fulfill.]

What did it feel like? Heldalf's domain, I mean. For it to be terrifying, there must be a reason for it, right?

In other words, this Heldalf has been around for a while without any of the other Shepherds before you finding a way to defeat him? [Another pause.] Is it permanent? His demise.

[It was surprising to hear such an extreme power to be able to disconnect Sorey from the others like that. His resonance was powerful, wasn't it? He was raised by them, the seraphs, so for him to lose his focus and power sounded amazing.]

That must have been scary though. But what do you mean by "all the fighting going on"? Did you lose your power in the middle of a battlefield or something?

Help him rest? [The way he says it...] What do you mean by that? It almost makes it sound like you pity him.

[A light nod of her head will be given as she thought about the Malevolence and the feelings a war will leave behind as well. She didn't know Sorey's world was suffering that issue. Then again, she should have known considering the way her future husband became known as the World King. And even so, she didn't have the experience to fully understand it neither.]

I wonder if his high Malevolence encourage the idea of violence between the soldiers fighting. It kinda sounds like that's sorta how it works. The Malevolence's effect on others and all. Considering if you go by the definition of the word too. [Can you tell she has very little understanding of the true significance of the word?]

[That explains it. The final boss wasn't a monster, not by his terms at the very least. It was a little sad to imagine, but...]

I'm sure you did everything you could to help him. He's now free from his torment. I think you should feel more proud over the final result. After all, you didn't kill him for no reason, you did it to save him.

[As much as she couldn't disregard the act of murder, in her opinion, it wasn't one. Sorey wasn't the type to take a life away. She knew that much about him.]

It sounds like you were very fortunate in having someone watching over you. Good thing too. Or else Hedalf wouldn't have found peace in the end. How many humans and seraphim alike did you have helping you other than Mikleo and Lailah and Rose?

But that isn't for you to decide, now is it? It was his. Hedalf. Unless you now know of another way to save him now that you're half a century older?

[She can understand Sorey's feelings over in wanting for a perfect ending; however she did understood it isn't usually one to decide these things neither. The world does. Fate, even, does the deciding at times too. It isn't in their mortal hands to make such important decisions, in her honest opinion.]

If you can't be proud of your triumph, then you should feel proud of the group that accompanied you through it all. You're all heroes, who took part of Hedalf and the world's rescue, as far as I see it.

[Wait.]

By sacrifice? What do you mean? I don't think you've ever mentioned there being one before other than the Shepherd has to do that.

[Nike will be left a little off guard over hearing someone had to die to defeat Heldalf, but seeing that no one did will keep her from asking too much about it; instead she will look relieved over hearing that.]

Yeah, it's good that no one had to sacrifice themselves. All they had to do was to watch over you, right?

...what about your human friends though?

[As much as it all worked out, she couldn't help wonder if they all disappeared from the sands of time. Truth be told, she was holding to some hope that aging was different in his world compare to her own or even the one they are inhabiting in.]