The music continued as though absolutely nothing had happened. Perhaps that's what made everything feel so eerie to Skullius. The singers were unfazed, the Generals had not moved. Only he and Gylliard had shot out of their seats, bewildered.
Thyrgga stumbled from the blow, staggering on his feet. The force of the punch had Skullius expecting a more visceral response from the Sovereign General. The angry woman must have expected the same.
Skullius recognized the woman at once. She was the same furious woman he'd first seen at the landing port in the Quadrosphere.
'What the heck is going on here?' thought the Hybrid. His eyes darted to Gylliard. The Grand General still did nothing but grind his teeth, restraining himself for some reason.
Was this why he'd been guarding the distortion? But… why wasn't he acting now?
