--- Lily ---
The portal they were watching started to shake. Lily reached over with her shadows and held them at the edges. Using them as a way to transfer her mana directly to the portal. Kat was still inside the stone, allegedly anyway, but the portal was trying to shut RIGHT NOW. Lily could feel it straining against her shadows and it was unclear how much she was helping. Lily had to balance using enough mana and force to do… anything at all while ensuring that it wasn't so much her shadows broke.
Which was a real worry. The portal was still closing down, and Lily wasn't even sure she was doing anything. As she pushed back against the portal the control she had on her shadows started to waver and almost break. It was not a fun experience, and Lily knew forcing more from her shadows would just lead to them breaking… Kat what the heck is going on?
