The rest of the world peeled away as she caught sight of the Demon Gods at the corners of the scroll, the top of the curved character she’d studied just a few bells ago. She blinked, then looked to him. He had her full attention now. His face was careful, impassive, but his eyes—they seemed to pierce her mind, slowly unraveling each of her thoughts. Beneath it all, though, there was a hint of surprise mingled with confusion, as though he had found something unexpected in her.
