LU 116 - Shadow 7

Illios returns to her desk to write in her diary. Frantically. Edelle stares off into the distance from her balcony, still taking in what had happened not too long ago. Nautilus sleeps, stupidly and calmly, as if nothing even happened. Zinnia floats around in Illios's mind, holding herself to keep herself together. Seren was with her for 500 years. She stood with Zinnia for... well ages. Zinnia went through many changes before meeting Edelle and Illios... all with Seren. Now she's dead.
Illios gets up and walks to the lower balcony, the one below Edelle's. Zinnia knew she had to say what Seren told her. Zinnia popped out of Illios and formed behind her, sitting on the table with her legs crossed, and her hands behind her head. She didn't face her head towards Illios though.
"I bet you're still wondering what Seren told me."
Illios didn't turn around, but her head twitched like usual when she was interested in something.
"After sending her regards... Seren told me how we can finally get rid of those damn trees. Do you remember when Morphious said that Nat was a guardian?"
Illios turned around. Now she was paying attention. Zinnia was now facing Illios, standing on the ground.
"Seren wanted Nat to absorb the guardians as they were defeated. Why..? Magic cannot be absorbed by a person, a person can only use magic. This means Nat is magic. The trees use guardians as a defense mechanism to protect themselves, they have to make this somehow. Magic. Our bloodline uses dream magic, and those guardians are literally walking 'dreams'. Nat, is a dream. He's not even real."
Illios stood, thinking. This didn't really shock her, perhaps she foresaw this, or maybe this is just piling up on her understanding of the recent events.
"Illios. We can use him. I've figured it out. Those trees left one thing in our hands that they didn't think could happen, their tool, that happened to be their happy little mistake, can be used against them. You know how he disappears every time he goes near a tree? He's not actually disappearing, he's being dispersed throughout the air. If we kill a guardian, he will absorb them. If we can just keep doing this, we can stop them all. No guardians, no protection. Without Nat, I don't think we can kill them."
Illios started laughing. Of course they would be immortal, and keep returning even if they were defeated. They discussed more, and came to a barrier. What if Illios died, with Zinnia? They would have another thing that they want. Because of this, Zinnia would be safer with Edelle. Edelle didn't take the news quite well... but eventually she said yes to Zinnia. After a short break, they set off to their journey through the dream world to talk to Hypnos. They needed to know more, knowing how to kill them is one thing. But... what do the others have to say for themselves?