red sun in the morning, sailor's warning

Hikaru still wasn’t sure what to think about the towering spires. He could see inscriptions upon them but he couldn’t begin to make out what information they may have been trying to convey. Nothing that was good for the wolves of these lands, that he could be certain. Not with the dangerous trembling of the earth that foretold their coming. Nor the formidable sun that now lifted above the horizon. Foretelling of something terrible.
He watched the stone closely as Mortis tried to rub away the earth that clung to the base, and he watched in horror as Odette slipped off his back. The whole scene played out in slow motion, and before he could even think Mort had grabbed the little girl from the contaminated ground and comforted her ailments.


"Speech"