章節 78: Rats and Snakes

The ladened silence that encased us following Horus' words could rival that of the dead, as we all stood there in muted apprehension. Our unnatural stillness mirroring the harbored dread of the possible ramifications of the future should what Horus said come to pass.

Though we all thought about that possibility at one point of our discussion, we had all shelved it to the back of our minds pretty quickly, believing it too fantastical to be realistic. But having now heard it uttered out loud seemed to have made it far less outrageous, thus forcing us to confront this variable immediately.