“You’re crazy,” he said. “Probably.” His mouth worked for several seconds before he got the words out. “But—the stories—I mean, the Dragon Emperor’s dead.” “The Dragon Emperor’s sleeping,” Rin said. “And he’s been asleep for a very long time. But the Seal is eroding. Jiang’s remembering who he was, what he once could do, which means Riga is about to wake up. And once he does, once we’ve reunited the Trifecta, then we’ll show Hesperia what true divinity looks like.”
