>>5735273Despite being frozen in time, your mind starts racing a mile a minute. Every time? Always does? What the hell is she talking about? Does this mean that this.... Isn't the first time she's reset reality? Or even the second? How many times has this happened?
“But please, be cautious. That power from the other time, it's been corrupted by Mechikabura's influence. He's infected it with his own dark power, to control your actions when using it. If you lean into that power, you'll be nothing more than his tool. And I know how much you value your freedom.”
With that she starts walking away, but then stops, turning back.
“You only have a few more years of peace left. Cherish the time with your family you have left.” she says, then disappears. A moment later her time power stops as well, leaving you and Chilli able to move freely. But your son's immediate shout breaks you out of your thoughts.
“I won't let you-! Huh?” your son asks, you turning to see him looking where the Time Kai was standing when she stopped time. He then looks around a moment, then to you. “What happened? Where'd she go?”
Which means that your son wasn't aware of what happened, he didn't see or hear her as she'd spoken. Did she mean for you to hear that as well, another sort of manipulation or was that her real thoughts? Your head is all confused, contradictory and uncertain thoughts swirling through your mind until your son's voice brings you back to the present.
“Dad? Are you okay?” he asks, you looking over to see him staring worriedly at you. “She didn't do anything to you, did she?”
“No, I'm okay.” you reply, reaching over and patting him on the shoulder. “Thanks for your help son, you almost had her.”
“Next time I'll go for the head, I should have knows she doesn't have a heart.” he replies with a bit of heat in his tone. But after what you heard, you can't quite agree with his sentiment. Was that all some sort of manipulation? Or was it real, did she really think you both couldn't hear her talking?
What now?
>Leave all that for tomorrow when your family all go to Towa's place again, for now just try and go off to sleep>Sit here on the beach and meditate on what you heard, try and make sense of it all before trying to go off to sleep>Telepathically tell Chilli everything you heard, try and figure it out with your smartest son's help and thoughts>Go to Meloka and telepathically tell her everything that happened, see what she thinks about it all>Other(write in) 