Loopshard

Adam pushed his body to go as fast as possible, throwing out loops of spidersilk in front of himself to rapidly shoot forward, but he couldn’t see Julie anywhere, neither above nor below. Since she was able to fly, probably by lifting the armour she wore or something, he thought it strange that she had decided to swallow a parasite worm, rather than get one from the bottom of the world.

But the fact that she’s been carrying that inside of her this entire time…

I can’t even believe it.

What was it she wanted to find with the compass? Her son? Or maybe a way to get around the Flayed Lady’s quest for her?

It’s clear that her quest wasn’t to eradicate the White Flags, that much is obvious now. While the Absolutes give predetermined quests, they clearly aren’t above giving unique ones when they feel like it. No doubt Julie was tasked with bringing a feral Cloud Leviathan into the world, and to do it in a way that betrayed everyone.

For all her words to me, the Flayed Lady clearly holds a grudge, giving me a quest she designed to be impossible.

I can’t keep worshipping her.

I need to find a way out.

Although the Hippogriff was fast, Adam had already outpaced it with his speed. But still the compass only pointed him forward, proving that Julie was at least as fast as him, perhaps even faster.