Bruce surmised that these orcs were celebrating a festival. From his vantage point, the entire day's activities unfolding in the square were visible to him, a spectacle of vibrant life and communal joy.
This clarity of vision was a new facet of Bruce's temporal powers, an ability awakened after he devoured the soul of Seth Gali and the body of the Demon Turtle. His mastery over time had expanded significantly, providing him with profound insights, although he had not yet achieved the capability to navigate the temporal river of past, present, and future. Still, he was tantalizingly close to touching this river of time, poised on the brink of evolving into a dragon that could wield control over time itself.