608 Destined

"Yes." The answer came out short and simple. Not even a tinge of hesitation could be heard in his voice. After finding out that not only Vera had seen the future but Evielyn as well, Gideon had realized that there was no use hiding all of these matters to himself anymore. "I tried to intervene. I tried to drive you out of the Under Lands, thinking that if you can never return to the Under Land's again, perhaps your fate might change." he explained, voice becoming incredibly grave. "But I was gravely mistaken in thinking that the portals would be able to hold on forever and would never be broken by anything. I never once thought that this problem would actually escalate even as far as to the surface. It has grown to become a much bigger problem, to a scale that I had never anticipated. Seems that there was actually no place where you can hide to change this fate of yours."