thered by bridges of light. Each section pulsed with dream-energy-fields of shifting color, obsta

d. Her body ached, and her thoughts were scattered like shattered glass. Across fro

ing her. "Here, thought is motion. Focus is power. If you can

lump in her thro

what gets y

y dodged it in time, landing hard on her shoulder and rolling across

" Nyra

erself up, b

focu

Not to retreat-

expectation. In its place, she imagined something s

ht that always crept into her room just before

t shattered against an invi

Then, she nod

is expression was unreadable, but when Ava looked h

-

red the dream streets

through the air, illuminating the stalls below. Vendors sold objects mad

's dream. She paused and touched one gently. A scene flickered before h

the moment

uch beauty her

ye

ing wa

oldness in her spine. A pressure,

the s

from a person, but from

shattered around her, plung

began to

ked. The g

liquid blackness with no faces, no sound

g-not just for her, but for the dreams. The light around

her voice fell flat, s

shield again, b

lly-it was pressing into her mind, whis

on't

e a m

in this w

o," she whispered. "You do

ht bloomed

unleashed them without hesitation, pinning the shadows to the ground

and. "Come on. W

them. More Dreamweavers emerged from the sky, casting spells of ligh

adel gates just as t

buildings like a tidal wave of despair. Ava turned, breat

le worl

it the mar

en...

d, peeling itself bac

left

Colors dimmed. Sounds warped. A statue of a sleep

ooked

is far in," he said. "The war

him. "What d

. Either someone let it in.

-

in emergency ses

members argued. Their words

ld have been sea

ed to breach the

a vessel in th

eone added, eyes f

stif

rough the room like a blade. "This is

ou've seen it in your

es

ve fe

no

he only one wh

d. "What d

like it-part of both worlds. If we can use that connect

That's dangerous.

choice," Nyra repl

on her. Some filled with fear. Others

ok a b

what I ha

-

water and reflection deep beneath the Citadel. The walls were aliv

l, and the symbol of the Lucid

as af

wasn't

ought

fe, and how f

run from... and the ones

used to be,"

tepped int

e Hollow p

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