Kai reflected on his words in silence, then asked gravely:
"...I guess you are telling me this because I am a possibility."
Sunny nodded.
"Who else? You, Jet, Effie, Cassie... perhaps some of the Song sisters or Morgan, if we can discover where she is. But the four of you first and foremost. If you are ready, of course."
Kai laughed softly.
"I don't think we have an option. Or rather, we selected that option a long time ago. So, yes... I can't talk for others, but I am ready. Even if it destroys me."
Sunny gave him a prolonged look.
"That's excellent. However, the aim is to ensure that it doesn't destroy you. So, that's why you receive an exclusive adventure with the world's most attractive Supreme."
Kai smiled.
"None of us have viewed the one on the moon yet, so technically, we don't know who the most attractive Supreme is."
Sunny looked at him with an outraged expression.
"Listen. I know that we are closest friends... but that was a deep betrayal..."
Kai seemed to wince, then muttered in a muffled tone:
"He does know it... he thinks that he knows it? Is he resistant to my Flaw?!"
Sunny laughed.
Soon, they reached the edge of a deep, smoke-filled passage. Somewhere far below, an angry glow was painting the world red. Sunny closed his eyes for a moment and stretched his shadow sense down... down and down, into the core of the earth.
Soon enough, his expression shifted subtly.
"There's a creature down there, alright. Nothing too awful, though... seems like a Corrupted Tyrant. Slaying it silently should not be a challenge."
He wavered for a few moments, then sighed.
"Seems like a step down, really. The last time I went for a dip in a volcano, I was embracing a Corrupted Titan."
Kai just gave him a wordless gaze.
Eventually, he simply pushed out:
"Oh. I... hope you finished that beast, Sunless."
Sunny shook his head.
"Finished it? No, not that one..."
He flexed, as if readying to plunge down.
"That one, I bit to death with my teeth."
Leaving astonished Kai behind, he leaped into the dark abyss.