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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Kaleth wished they could have spent more time just taking a break, but there were still so many things to deal with that couldn't be put off as easily as Enor's research. Such as civil unrest. He hadn't thought to factor that in with everything else they had to deal with, but he should have.
At least Irithara had a barely functioning monarchy. Enoria and its many states were all democracies. And their parliament was full of people who'd straight up agreed with Enor because he'd promised to make them immortal. And unfortunately for everyone, Enor had kept his word. Unlike those aforementioned politicians.
But the even bigger problem was that there were already groups forming, protesting against the Eternals' existence. And that was why Kaleth felt a need to both get involved and to stay out of it. It was entirely unfair to blame the Eternals since the current majority of them had had nothing to do with anything. They had been made to follow Enor's orders, and a lot of them had been severely traumatized. They didn't need to face an onslaught of hate for what they had been turned into.
But Kaleth wasn't in a rush to defend them either because even discounting the fact that certain Eternals were truly the reason behind most of their problems, he wasn't sure he had any right to interfere.
There was no way to tell who was and wasn't an Eternal without using their powers, and frankly Kaleth wasn't sure they actually knew how to yet, so most of them would never be found out. They'd been putting suppression bracelets on them, which most of them agreed with.
Yorin had created a version that looks exactly like a watch, just like the one Rayni had worn back before all of this had started, to protect their identity. That seemed to work for the most part as most people were currently protesting the government. They wanted to elect a new one, sans Eternals, which Kaleth could agree with.
Except he couldn't escape constantly comparing this to his own experiences. Pretend to be normal, don't show what you really are, or be hated for something you didn't choose. Those were all things he was far too familiar with, and it made him beyond angry.
But no matter how much he wanted to yell at every hateful person currently spouting their nonsense, the less he was seen publicly the better. He didn't care what the media said about him, but he didn't want Mel to be hounded by the press because he would be if they found him.
So Kaleth would just have to grit his teeth and deal with other matters. Like taking care of the many Eternal transformation facilities that were all around the Federation. At least now Kaleth had a map of them.
"It will be okay," Mel said, as he'd already said a few times. Kaleth really wanted to believe that, but couldn't help but be skeptical. He didn't want to care. He'd already done enough for this country. They could just leave, live in a house on the edge of a small town, something close to nature since Mel seemed to like it much more than the city....
But the same reason that made him feel tired of trying to keep Enoria in check was also keeping him from just staying out of the problems currently plaguing it. And Kaleth suspected that Mel had too big a heart to not try to help too.
