“Why would you follow me? I am no one, nothing,” Luca said.

“Nothing?” Janus repeated and his brow lifted in surprise. “Alethi’s words planted a seed in you. Even the tiniest of seeds can grow into a giant Dy tree, a tree that separates and connects worlds. You say you are nothing but Luca you are everything. I saw the look of rebellion in your eyes when we announced Alethi’s banishment and I have watched it grow.”