The silence in the administrative office, at the top of the Astralis Requiem tree headquarters, was almost absolute, broken only by the comforting pulse of the sap running through the living wooden walls.
Lohan, in his crystalline blue slime sphere form, lay relaxed on the fossilized wood pedestal he'd shaped himself.
His biomass reserves were stabilizing after the massive burn he'd carried out to evolve his abilities, and the feeling of fullness was qualitatively greater than anything he'd ever felt.
Suddenly, the air in the middle of the room crackled. Particles of white and gold light began swirling, condensing into the elegant, majestic figure of a white, two-tailed fox.
Lisa was back.
As soon as her form fully stabilized, the fox let out a long sigh loaded with a frustration Lohan recognized instantly.
