The crowd fell silent with one fleeting look from Ixana. No one dared speak again while their Sky Matron and her son engaged in this little showdown.
And here Nova thought she was being introduced to his mother for this whole Nokari thing. She wasn't quite sure if it was going to plan or if this was how they usually interacted with each other.
It was getting a little too hot up here, and Nova had zero intention of being caught in the middle of this family drama. Slowly, she began sliding one foot back in an attempt to quietly sneak away while they had their little mother-son chat. Everyone's attention was on them anyway. She was merely a bystander- Nova tried to convince herself, hoping nobody would see her backing away.
"You didn't look beyond the first few lines of the legend, Ixana." Vulcan gestured to Nova, halting her escape from the new spotlight. "Sacrificing the Electa grants power to one person. Binding the Electa to me…"
