"But not right away." Everything seemed to be falling into place, at least for him. Everything Kalki had said in the mostly corrupted video message, what he'd seen since awakening, Palitutu was confirming.

"I think overcoming the Calamity within us and this Soul Divider should be the priority. If we can't perfect that or face what we all reject about ourselves, then we won't be able to face the Calamity as a whole. We'd have to rely on the next cycle to pick up where we failed. Otherwise we'd be dooming all worlds just like another group I know did."

Something Ira really did not want to repeat, or happen to yet another batch of "heroes" like them.