Quintess continued to look impassive and uninvested.
It wasn't as though Sause expected him to respond with a frown or a gushing of tears, of course. But the Giant found himself feeling like he was talking to a huge wall.
Finally, Quintess' lips parted, and he spoke:
Sause's face… softened.
In order to salvage Edagon from a coming apocalyptic event – the departure of Quintess and Listafelle, which left Aigas' Rules weakened – Jiggorrhax had given the order for some of the Giants to feed themselves to his younger sibling so that he (Jerthrax) could grow rapidly. Indeed, the Giants and the dragons were related. One could sacrifice power for the other in a fashion more effective than with cumulative mana experience.
