The news has spread: the Master behind Behemoth and Khonsu has been found. Eidolon fought them and both died. People are... confused about what to feel but mostly happy and in a daze.

That's a pretty reasonable lie to tell he supposes. Elves are nicer because you can just tell them true things. He's not sure the shards thing would work on Elves. Well, maybe, seeing how Melkor totally managed to get Elves to kill each other. 

He eats breakfast and is also in a bit of a daze and isn't bothered.

Vice-Director Silva, the man he met when he first arrived is waiting for him near the door when he's done.

"Hi!"

"Hello, little one. I heard you want to put a city back."

"Yeah!"

"Walk with me?" he asks.

Walk walk.

"So we have the blueprints almost done," he says conversationally as he leads Epic through the hallways.

"Oh good!!"

"But we're somewhat worried..."

"Oh?"

"You haven't been handling your powers very responsibly."

"I fought the monsters."

"You didn't inform us of it, you made this decision on your own, and you weren't careful with ways other people could exploit your powers."

"There wasn't very much time, there were monsters attacking."

"There never is. This is the kind of rule it's always okay to break every single time you do it, but if it's broken too many times then the whole system stops functioning and everything becomes much worse."

...nod.

They reach an elevator. The guard standing by it salutes the Vice-Director, who waves back. "So do you understand why we're worried about you? You're extremely powerful, and that you're bright and well-intentioned is obvious, but that's not enough to do good."

"I really want to do good."

"I know. That's why you need our help." The elevator arrives and he steps into it. It starts going up. "Some of not knowing the best way to do good is because of your age, but maybe not all of it. We still don't know who you'll be when you grow up, but some people just don't know how to best deploy their abilities for good even when they're adults."

"I think I will be able to."

"I hope you will! But for now I think the best thing you can do is follow our lead. Of course we'll hear your opinions about things, they're very important, but sometimes it may look like we're not doing the right thing and it's because we know more than you do and the thing that looks right is not."

Uh huh. "Uh huh."

The elevator takes two more seconds to reach its intended destination, which turns out to be the top floor. The door opens to a spacious chamber with a glass ceiling, a few desks, fewer people, and a hologram of a city in the middle.