Her expression was completely hollow. Despite the fact that she had chosen to place her absolute trust in Finn's plan, she couldn't stop the instinctual, painful longing that tore through her as she watched Sage Limitless inherit a part of herself that she'd known longer than she could remember.
Across the expanse, the Sage suddenly brimmed with a terrifying, unprecedented volume of energy. His physical form underwent a rapid transformation, turning into a localized sun that burned with a light so blinding it became physically impossible to look at directly.
Althea shielded her eyes against the glare. Finn, standing firm behind his white bone mask, squinted through the slits as the intensity of the light steadily climbed.
