- Pronoun
- they/them
Jade glanced over at him. "Oh, uh... we actually rescued one of them. An artificial Saint... they call themselves 'Sage' now. You might've seen Gladion or Nova around—they look like that."
Starr bristled. "Look, maybe you guys are friends with it now, but like..." She trailed off, running a hand down her face. "All I knew was that these guys making an artificial Voice of Life was bad news. Like, 'the sort of thing that could destabilize the planet' type of bad news. The friggin' World-Spirit never told me why." Auriga hadn't told her what, specifically, she was supposed to do with that information either, even if it was obvious.
Jade tapped her paws together. "It's because too many offworlders being here at once puts too much strain on the world. And... if they had their very own Voice of Life, then... then they could summon as many humans as they wanted, and power them up all with Radiance."
Starr huffed. "Yeah, well, there you go. I was gonna put a stop to it, except..." She paused, eyes tracing the floor.
Except the Lighthouse had spoken to her, when she'd entered the control center. Asked her who she was, and what she was doing there, and sounded so damned happy to meet her. A real offworlder. A so-called human hero. And by the time she'd finished answering all of its questions, it was already too late for to do what she'd come there to do. So she'd used it to call for help, and made everything worse.
"Well, obviously I never got that far," she muttered.
A long moment passed.
"On the bright side, you guys are here and the world hasn't exploded," she added with a dry laugh.