"Then why couldn't Varun kill me so easily?" Lyden's voice cracked as he spoke. "Surely he was just as powerful, and I'd entered his domain many times."
"Varun was half mad from the torture TanaVesta gave him," Brooke supplied. "I don't think he was ever sane again after that."
Lyden looked from Brooke, to Sheila, and finally back to Gaia. Despite all his woes, battles, and hard-won victories—false or otherwise—he'd led a charmed life. Who was he to complain that he was mistreated because of his powers?
"You need my strength as a generator to keep functioning, correct?" Lyden asked after giving it some thought. He waited for Gaia to give a hesitant nod before continuing. "Why don't the other two original pillars?"
