章 1947: Offer and Demand

The Elder Tree was stunned into silence at the bold declaration of the Divine Doctor.

Everybody felt fear.

Even the Elder Tree itself felt fear.

Nearly all sentient life experienced fear.

Was the madman not calling all of it primitive with his declaration?

"It wasn't always primitive…" the Divine Doctor continued as he removed several more contraptions wrapped over his body. "It served its purpose as a danger deterrent better than any other known mechanism in purpose until…"

He glanced at the Elder Tree, his frozen smile never once changing. "…Until the advent of intelligence."

The Elder Tree stared at the Divine Doctor in silence.