—A cleansing?
—What's that?
"I'll be pleased if you remain as quiet as you were beforehand; the sound of your heartbeats is loud as it is," Heliara remarked, looking around until placing her gaze on one particular group.
"You two, what was the last trial?"
The group looked at each other before answering. "Get into pairs and cross the maze? We were the first to cross it."
"And the rest of you died, is that correct?" Heliara asked with a sadistic smile on her face, and the group simply nodded, not saying anything further.
"Good, that means everything went as planned," Heliara stated, clapping her hands. "Each of you is paired with one other, a male and a female. Just as we intended."
Hearing that, Neraxis tilted his head and glanced around.
She's right. The groups are oddly... similar, he thought suspiciously.
