Cain seemed to have ignored the warrior's words, but smirked momentarily at what he viewed as an incredibly ironic statement from the Knight. Again, one could not see the smirk, but the air around him simply<em>felt</em>like it held a smirk. He walked stiffly off to the side of the road, sitting cross-legged. He sat, bolt-upright in seated meditation. His whole body was stiff, but the longer he sat the less steady his outline became. His body went out of focus, as it had been before. And as he meditated he muttered to himself, softly, almost imperceptibly. As he muttered, his voice changed subtly, first a deeper version of the many-voiced effect that already surrounded him, the second his own...voices. The words he spoke were not in the common tongue, but in the language he had used on the Captain.<br/><br/><em><strong>You should be more careful, Brother. Your time here was not cheaply won.</strong></em><br/><br/><em>I am aware, Brother. The limits of my power here are new to me.</em><br/><br/><strong><em>We must not squander the time we have, even if it means not intervening when we would prefer.</em></strong><br/><br/><em>Do not lecture me, Brother. Remember that it was I who found a way here, and I am the one on whom our fate lies. Trust my judgment. Am I not one of us?</em><br/><br/><em><strong>You are, but this very situation proves that we were too confident. Too sure of our own infallibility. Just...be careful. You are the thread that binds us.</strong></em><br/><br/><em>Always, Brother. And I am aware. May you join me soon.</em><br/><br/><em><strong>May judgment come. May justice prevail.</strong></em><br/><br/><em>May judgment come. May justice prevail.</em><br/><br/>Cain opened his eyes, his voices silencing. His form solidified and the face he had taken on before emerged, his voice finding unity once again. He rose, walking passed the dead captain, kicking him with his black boot.<br/><br/>"The gods are here, and are not here. Come. We make for Riven."<br/><br/>((Sorry about that. It seems that I posted two versions of the same post before. Fixing as soon as this post goes up. There was only one target, the Captain. Sorry for the confusion.))