Training An Army - Part 5

"A sacrifice, dear Vessel, there's always a sacrifice," Pandora said, her voice right next to his ear, close enough that he could feel her breath. Indeed, there was a sacrifice, Vol was in agreement. In exchange for the strength of the Second Boundary, Vol had to put up with the occasional interjection from the ever-irritating Fragment.

"You just thought something rather unpleasant, did you not?" She purred, and her attentions only increased. She hefted herself up, so that her chin rested on his head. He would have taken a swing at her, if he thought that he could do any damage, but being the Fragment of divinity that she was, in this realm, he could not hurt her. "Will you take the sacrifice, I wonder? You have something ever so pleasant built up, will you risk it?"