Damon did not look at the Unknown God anymore. He expected cruelty. Expected punishment. Expected to hear that everything they had done was merely another thread in Unknown's plan.
Instead, the being merely said calmly,
"Hmm, what an expected surprise."
Unexpected.
Yet he called it expected.
The contradiction alone made Damon's skin crawl.
The Unknown God slowly lowered his massive hand and placed both Damon and Lilith upon what appeared to be a table. To Damon it felt less like being set down and more like being relocated by a force beyond comprehension.
Damon instinctively began to raise his head toward the towering figure looming above them when Ashcroft suddenly screamed inside his mind.
"Don't look at his eyes!"
The warning struck Damon like lightning.
Without hesitation, he shoved Lilith's head downward as well, forcing both of them to avert their gaze.
The abyss.
The Unknown God's eyes were the abyss.
