Only Two Paths

Questioned by his father, Ruishi Lei merely nodded. 

"Yes, I believe that we shouldn't go to the North anymore. It's too dangerous, much too dangerous", he replied. 

"I see."

Ruishi Wang leaned back, mulling over the words of his son. Furrowing his brows, he looked at Ruishi Lei. 

"What exactly did you see? What did this phantom look like?" he asked. 

There was a moment of silence before the White Lion answered his father. 

"I don't know, it was quick and powerful. Before I even knew it, it had its grasp on me before I could even fight back. It warned me never to go up North or it will come to kill us all."

"Is that so? It was able to overpower you? So quick that you couldn't even catch a glimpse?"

"Yes, nothing more than a ghostly blur, that's why I called it a phantom."

"I see."