"You're in the army now."

***

"Well... Toriana, Lira, it's been fun." Aethir says to the other gods. They all turn away from the screen floating in the void. The look to each other as Toriana speaks,

"What will happen to him from here?"

Aethir says, "I've conducted some minor [future telling]. But everything is murky and unclear. I'll keep a tab on the crab for now. There's too many unusual things happening around him."

Lira says, "Especially with that evolution. Something like that showing up here? Again? The prophecy..."

Aethir cuts her off, "Is just that... a prophecy. It's been proven wrong since the dawn of time. There's no reason to get all ruffled because signs appear once more."

Toriana says, "Well, thank you for having us over Aethir. I don't know about you Lira, but I'm going to keep an eye on him as well."

Lira responds, "Yes... the next hundred years or so should be interesting." She looks into the distance, and a sense of amusement appears in her fractal form, "Well... amusing at least."

Lira and Toriana leave Aethir's divine realm. He takes a deep breath and sighs before returning to his work. The [system] wasn't going to manage itself after all.

Yet even still... floating in the void next to him, the god chuckles at the sight of the shocked crab. Crabby's no longer alone and afraid. He has friends beside him now and he's about to enter a new and frightening world.

The world at war.