The air inside the carriage became so heavy that I dropped to my knees, unable to withstand the pressure—far beyond anything I had felt in Kaiser's meeting hall.
Aaaargh! What is this?! What are you doing, you cursed vessel?!
The scream of the cosmic entity echoed inside Valisera's mind.
The entity was being suppressed! The pure life force of the elixir was surrounding it, pushing it into the deepest, darkest corner of her consciousness, binding it with chains of Eitra light!
After one minute that felt like a thousand years of torment… the screaming stopped.
The glow of her veins faded.
The atmospheric pressure receded suddenly.
Valisera stood.
She was breathing steadily now. Her chest rose and fell in calm rhythm.
I looked at her—and couldn't hide my awe… or my fear.
She was no longer the broken girl bleeding in the sewers.
She had been reborn.
Her skin returned to its cold, porcelain clarity.
Her wounds had vanished completely—without a single scar.
