She frowned.
"Of course, I remember."
Sunny looked at the ground, then asked her coldly:
"When are we leaving for the Night Temple, then?"
Cassie lingered for a few moments, a troubled expression suddenly finding its way onto her face. Finally, she said:
"When do you want to go?"
Sunny thought about it. There were several things he still needed to do…
After a while, he shrugged.
"End of September. Everything should be ready by then. The journey to the northern edge of the Chained Isles and back shouldn't take us longer than a month. We'll be back just in time to see your flying ship rise into the air. And use it to reach the Nightmare Seed."
He lingered for a second, and then asked:
"Why do you look so uneasy, though?"
Cassie slowly shook her head.
"It's nothing. Just, the Night Temple… it's a very strange place."
Sunny frowned.
'What is that supposed to mean?'
"How so?"
She shivered.
"I'll… explain it to you later. Right now, we need to move. This island is about to enter the ascent phase."
Which meant that the Crushing was not too far ahead, as well.
Sunny sighed, then stood up. He didn't have to limp anymore, at least.
As for why Cassie had said that the second human Citadel on the Chained Isles was a weird place… he could wait for the answer. He had no need for this information right now, anyway.
Sunny was a very patient man, at least when he needed to be. Besides, he had something else on his mind.
'Forty-two shadow fragments… it's not that much."
Looking south and slightly to the east, he gripped the shaft of the Cruel Sight and stared toward the horizon with a dark expression.
'...I'll be a demon before we're back to the Sanctuary.'