Fate

As the words escaped her lips, Agnes knew she shouldn't have said them. Although she didn't know this guy, she was pretty sure he was the type of man who wouldn't rest if his curiosity was piqued. 

"What is it?" he asked immediately, even though she asked to postpone it for now. 

"I'll tell you some other day when it's more relevant," Agnes said, floating over the water lazily. 

"If you're sure about it," he returned with a dismissive tone. "Anyway, I have been meaning to ask, you mentioned the Void path is restrictive by the system… and people tend to go mad if they are involved regularly with void energy…" 

Agnes had told him most of what she knew—which wasn't really much, but still something, considering this fella was mostly clueless about the power he was wielding. 

"Is that a roundabout way of telling me you're growing mad?" she said as a joke. However, he didn't expect him to be silent for an extended moment. Was he really growing mad?