Gotta love a magic geas. ...Said a being who is a part of one himself. Though one was thoroughly shattered by Adam's insistence on bloodletting, the other was firmly in place.

As much as he wished to aid Charlie during her summons to Heaven, he... couldn't go. But it was simply better this way.

The King hummed. He curled his fingers to fold his ring-bearing digit into the palm.

"...And sometimes you wonder if things will shift back to normal in due time. ...When all you have is time."