335 [THE SLEEPING GOD] PREMIER (VI)

"LORD Aether!" Eleanor shouted, tears visible in her blue eyes.  "Please, help us save the continent!"

"And so, you woke me up from my slumber," the god said with no emotion.  It's like he didn't even hear the desperation in her voice.

He slowly glanced towards Eleanor who was on her knees, almost looking like she was begging.  And maybe she was.  But the god didn't care.  He still appeared apathetic. 

But when he turned towards her, he suddenly smiled.  Smiling as if he was looking at a child who didn't know anything.  It was a very beautiful smile, as if flowers suddenly bloomed around them. 

But somehow, the hope that the group of four first felt when they saw the slumbering god slowly dwindled.  They felt at some level that things wouldn't go the way they wanted.