Stepping Down
The ten ancestors were black as night and towered above the Gathering like magnificent gods. All the stone statues in the ancient arena were at least a few hundred feet tall, but these reached almost 1,000 ft. The first two had dim lights and appeared to be asleep. The third had a powerful elusive mental energy.
Bobby approached it, but there was no reaction. He went up to the fourth and fifth figures but had no luck with them either. He was disappointed. "Did Jeffrey and Sarah get the best ones?" he wondered. He couldn't understand why they were refusing to interact with him. He was an apex prodigy who had obtained a lot of points during the competition. He also had an extraordinary bloodline.