The Dreamlands, Third Stratum.
Orion drifted back and forth between the past and the present. The battle against the Death-Soul Terror had raged on for an eternity; Orion had been so profoundly immersed in the clash that he had entirely lost track of time.
Fighting oneself was a process of descending into the shadows and clawing back into the light—of harboring doubt and forging absolute clarity. To Orion, this was a visceral internal struggle. It was a challenge of the self, a solitary monologue of a monstrous existence. The growth of his Avatar, the shifts in his own psyche, and the untapped potential dormant within... Through the crucible of combat, Orion's understanding of these deepened profoundly.
