Lilith watched Atheline carefully. His breathing had steadied, but his eyes remained distant. She had seen him disappear with her own eyes.
One moment he had been standing beside her, the next... Reality itself had swallowed him whole. Only to return him a few seconds later.
Whatever he had experienced, it had left an unmistakable mark on him.
"What happened? Everything you said doesn't make sense. "
Her voice remained calm, but Atheline could hear the concern beneath it. He took a slow breath before answering.
"I don't even know where to begin."
She folded her arms.
"Start from the beginning."
He nodded. Then, without hiding anything, he began recounting everything he had witnessed.
He told her about awakening in an ancient elven city unlike anything that existed in the modern world. He described towering crystal towers woven around colossal trees. Living bridges that stretched between buildings. Countless races fighting side by side.
