"What is it, my Lady?" Rodrick asked, looking at me with a slight frown.
I summoned my staff, activating the Oracle of Eternity. Fate opened like a blossoming rose. The stars glittered, bright and clear, but nowhere could I find the thread binding the gate to the Final Star. Instead, a subtle flow of mana seeped from the air itself, sustaining the gate.
It wasn't connected to me at all. I might have opened this gate, but right now, I could no more close it than I might be able to close a demon gate. That didn't mean it was impossible, for after I'd learned of fate, I could probably figure out something, but I was much more curious as to why.
"Haven?" I asked, dropping the Oracle of Eternity.
The spirit materialized, faint and wispy.
"What's going on?"
