"Out there, the unforeseen is the only constant. Chaos is the rule, not the exception. We simply want to ensure that if things do not go exactly as you have envisioned, you don't end up walking away empty-handed at the end of the day. It's for your protection as much as ours."
Hye smiled, but there was no warmth in it. He knew exactly what kind of "protection" they were offering, but for now, it was a bridge he was willing to cross.
"It's indeed a good point," Hye conceded, though his voice lacked any real conviction. He didn't know how else to respond to such circular logic.
While Moth spoke of safety nets and contingency plans, Hye was operating on a different plane of certainty.
He wasn't just planning to break the ancient records of the outer battlefield; he intended to shatter them so completely that the universe would never forget the name of the human who did it.
