The Lake and the Butterfly 2 (before battle)

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Pallid bipedals began to fill the void Rim left behind.

It can be deduced that it was his influence that kept the Mermaids at bay.

But why...?

I can only theorize that their primal sense of certain ebbs and flows of energy remained even as their reason eroded.

You're saying that he scared 'em off or something...?

<Sinclair, on his forehead, there was...>

... Yeah.

The one who bisected Kromer with a flick of his wrist. The one who silently approached me to talk.

I remember the one marked with the bright red sign.