StoryImpliedInai calls his scattered kin together, but none has yet taken a seat.
It has not happened yet. Inai's every word points forward, to a Confluence that approaches, is at hand, and trails its consequences behind it, a gathering that so far exists only as its architect's intention.
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Inai the Void Spirit, first of the celestials and the aspect of the void, called the Hidden One.
Ties among this castLanaya serves the master of the , though he says himself that she has never recognized his face. Her true service now comes to pass, he says. What that service is, he has not told her.
Brothers of the celestial line with a history between them. Inai makes no apology for letting Thunderkeg stumble on the forbidden spell. Raijin says his brother cannot control him, only set him loose, and will forgive the scheming but never the entitlement.
Xin is the brother who listens. 'Long have we waited, brother,' he tells Inai, and of his preparations he has no doubt. Inai allows that they are not always in agreement, but can at least work in alignment.
Kaolin is the brother who doubts. 'I suspected we might see your face, brother,' he tells Inai, and asks how the earth feels beneath his feet. The brothers, he warns, are not what Inai thinks they are.
has left the telling anyone who listens that the Great Confluence approaches. It has not happened: every line he speaks points forward. What he intends is a gathering of his own kind.
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