Jason ignored the crowd watching him, and he asked Ronan what they would be doing. Ronan gestured to the young women with the bowls first.
"They will mark you with the matrices required for the ritual. And once you are done with that, you will begin the true Awakening. Those elders have been kind enough to volunteer to stand as your pillars during the ritual, so you must be grateful to them. Leave your shoes. You will not need them."
Jason hummed when Ronan was done with his explanation, and Jason realised that he didn't understand any of this! Jason turned his attention towards Esdath and asked him if this was how the ritual was meant to be done, and Esdath said it was.
