Those leaves had been realms. Whole worlds. Zareth had just… waved his hand and… wiped them out. I stared at them as they sank and disappeared below the surface of the quicksilver. Was it possible? Could he really just have done that? “How many people…” I couldn’t get the rest of the question out, but the god standing beside me knew exactly what I was asking him. “Billions.” He answered without the faintest hint of emotion.

