Chapter 445: Chapter 444: Love

"Evans."

"I wanted to be alone."

"You've been traveling alone for many years, I thought a company was in order. We haven't really had a long talk in quite a while, even when you returned."

Van's eyes only glanced at Athena as she floated close to him, before turning back to look at the massive Portal in front of him. Van had become completely accustomed to idling in the expanse of space. Ever since he was able to move completely unhindered through it when he absorbed the last of Evangeline's powers, it was almost as if this is where he truly belonged— away from the others.

"..." As for Athena, she wasn't even looking at the Portal; her eyes were just stuck at Van's somewhat melancholic and sober silhouette,

"The Ark will be passing through the Portal in a few hours, the inhabitants of the nearby planet have already been evacuated inside the Vessel."