Neo opened his Soul Window while the morning still clung to the jungle in damp layers.
[Soul-Window]
Soul Core: Ember
[657/1000]
A faint smile pulled at his mouth.
'Not bad. At this pace, I should be able to break through inside this Breach. That's very good.'
He closed the panel and lifted his head again.
Alice had gone off for a moment to take care of her business, leaving Neo and Snot waiting near a patch of roots with the tower looming ahead of them through the trees. From this close, the thing looked even more absurd than before. It was not just tall. It was wide enough to feel impossible, a dark mass rising through the jungle and climbing so high that the upper sections vanished into the false sky of the Breach.
Neo stared at it for a moment and said, "We should reach it today."
Snot, seated on a root with one knee raised, followed his line of sight and nodded.
