Four Pillars: Anomaly

Whoosh!

Returning back to the Gates of Transcendence now that the memory was finished, Valyr stared off into the horizon for a bit, going over all of the information he had obtained from the memory in silence.

By the time he had made sure he committed everything to memory, the young man let out a faint sigh before looking at Vaughn with a slightly bitter smile.

"To think that everything was the result of one decision," said Valyr, causing Vaughn to flash a bitter smile of his own.

"I still feel a bit of regret from the event since that decision caused many lives to wither away," replied the man. "However, now that many years have passed since then, I feel like I'd made the same decision."

At those words, Valyr faintly nodded in understanding. "Exchanging your civilization's freedom for something that's technically free isn't a good deal by all means."

Hearing that, Vaughn nodded in agreement. 

"You could definitely say that again."