It is a surprising answer, I admit. Though it could be the result of my own certainty. There was never any option to me but to choose a side, and Zenith would naturally be where I fall. A demon in Meridian’s rank simply seems incorrect.

[ There’s a mischievousness in the stress on that word that shows that it’s a bit more than that… But it’s not something he’ll get into, or at least not now. It would be a distraction from the rest. ]

Is it for distrust? Or for hesitation in the divide they cause?