Kaleth and the others are finally ready to face Enor and end the war once and for all. But being ready for it and actually managing to do so are two different things. And with Enor having tens of thousands of soldiers following every one of his comm...
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"I can't believe he's just okay with it," Mel said, still sounding really outraged. He'd been complaining to Rayni about what had happened the moment they'd all gotten back to the Umbra base, and Rayni still had no idea what to think.
Mel was right to feel hurt by Kaleth's...pragmaticism, and Kaleth was right to think of what had happened as an unfortunate thing they couldn't have planned for but ultimately for the greater good.
Rayni hated using that argument, but it was true. And there was zero guarantee that the Eternals who had been held in the facility had been good people, either, and releasing them could create even more chaos, so the only option they could have had was to either leave them in their jars in the facility and not destroy it, or somehow take the crates with them and stash them in the Umbra base.
So in sum, this situation was really sucky on all levels.
At least the facility Rayni had helped destroy hadn't had any crates in it, but that just implied that those Eternals had been brought elsewhere to brainwash, and that was bad too.
"He didn't look all that okay with it, Mel," Rayni replied. She had wanted to let him just rant it all out, but Mel apparently wanted some input from her. She wouldn't mind if she had any idea where she stood in this argument.
"It doesn't seem to bother him enough, that's what I mean," Mel said, hugging himself. Gods, he looked heartbroken. Though of all the things that had happened so far, Rayni couldn't say she was surprised that the thing bothering Mel the most would be Kaleth's lack of sympathy.
"He's probably just pretending it doesn't." For all of Kaleth's pretending to be this emotionless, all-business guy, Kaleth was really sensitive, so Rayni had no doubts that he was in fact more than bothered by what had happened.
Mel just grimaced and stared at the ground, prompting Rayni to sigh. They were standing outside one of the holding rooms this base had, where the soldier Kaleth and company had brought with them.
Mereria had kept insisting that Rayni would be the best candidate to try to break his brainwashing via telepathy, and Rayni was willing to try, but she still had no idea why her. Out of everyone, she seemed to be the worst at it. At least being around Eternals meant not having to listen to their thoughts without meaning to, but Kara, Nef, and Orina were still here, and that by itself was getting more and more distracting by the day.
Rayni tended to avoid them now, but at least they didn't seem to have a problem with it since they knew what was up. Rayni couldn't imagine being around a lot of people right now. Mereria had been trying to teach her how to handle it better, but it was a very slow process.
So again, why the hell was she of all the people here qualified for this?
"Are you ready, Rayni?"
Rayni almost flinched when she heard Mereria's voice. The Eternal was making her way towards them, looking just as serious as ever, though now she also looked worried. Rayni was super thankful for that vote of confidence.
