Chapter 657 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 49 – A Divine Society

After work, Dawn dragged her exhausted body back to the fort As was her habit she stopped by Cloudhawk's room to see if he was there As usual, the room was empty

It'd been days since anyone had seen him He hadn't even appeared for the last several council ht out the last person to see him, hellflower, and asked for infor, she just said he was looking for a solution to the food crisis Because of how serious the situation had beco for a solution, or so she clairand hero was fun work

Everyone considered Cloudhawk a savior; froliest mutants, to the humblest scav, to the , suffering and growth, but finally Cloudhawk stepped up to accept his destiny

Daasn't fooled Cloudhawk put on a strong face but he felt the pressure everyone put on his shoulders Changing the world wasn't easy, and he had to keep his eyes on Skycloud the whole time But behind all that, Mount Sumeru loomed like an ominous shadow, a variable no one could predict Cloudhawk may have powers no one else had, but he wasn't an omniscient God The burden he carried went far beyond what people could iine

Both Wolfblade and Cloudhawk knew the threat that lurked just out of sight That's why plans for urbanization had to go forward, even if the lack of resources was a serious problem to overcome

Dawn rehts of Cloudhaa with other Green Alliance matters She tossed and turned, unable to sleep It was a trend that started ever since she defected to Greenland Her one-track rappled with more and hts were on a loop Once, life to her had been si enough to get soh

She felt like she was only useful in clearing rubble for building projects Day in and day out it was grueling work, refor stone for construction She couldn't lead a research tea new and useful creations all the tith or leadershi+p experience that Vulkan or the Khan had, either She certainly didn't have a mind like Wolfblade's to coordinate the whole alliance and keep a stable peace with the Elysians

She felt suffocated by an invisible pressure It was fear Fear that one day she would stop being useful to Cloudhawk What was her worth to the Green Alliance? What was her worth to him?

It wasn't that she expected him to push her aside Daas a proud woman More than ever before she wanted to prove her worth She wanted to be invaluable to Cloudhawk, because it was the only way she could see value in herself

It didn'tback from the road they walked She would follow Cloudhawk to the end

Dawn acknowledged she wasn't the most excellent of Cloudhawk's followers, but she could pound her chest and swear loudly to be the purest, most resolved, most fearless of the wo to support him Who else could make such a claim?

fuck it If sleep won't come, then I won't sleep

Dawn felt like herto waste ti around in bed So she put back on her arelica to her back andhad arrived, bathing the wastes in light The air was hot Facing a tract of ruins, Dawn stabbed Terrangelica into the ground She'd decided to clear away as much debris as possible so that when the others awakened they could get right to work

However, as she was preparing to start a strange sound caught her ear She thought it odd, since it was too early for the use of any work equipment It was unlikely to be animals, either A number of casualties over the last few days inspired soldiers to clear out nearby dens They wouldn't have missed a nest

Dawn hefted her sword and headed toward the source of the noise When she arrived there were no ani she hadn't seen before

It was about three iant pot Strange symbols and patterns were scrawled onto the surface but it lacked the typical signs of ure stood on the lip of the building Cloudhawk!

She wanted to call out but sed her words He was in the process ofand she didn't want to interrupt Instead Daatched quietly as he worked

He was stooped over so carefully to htened up, and upon raising his hands an incredible scene e air into the cauldron-like building The air condensed into water – fresh, clean water! Every passing second the volume and speed of creation rose

In fifteen seconds there was a hundred tons of water caught in the tower, lapping at the edges