Aether's Obsession
The room went deathly quiet.
Elias broke first. "It's bonkers," he said, voice cracking, the spiral I recognized in him beginning its ascent. "This is completely insane. We watched him die, Vaelor. We were standing right there. He came apart — there was nothing left, there was nothing — and Zafer doesn't even look like him. He's a Zephyrian. A different clan entirely. He has a tail. Lirian was a citadel Zephyrian; he had none of that. How does one clan become—"
"The Aether makes new," I said quietly.