"That's a rather interesting question."
Edward instinctively braced when he heard the voice, expecting to feel the same pain that he had just felt moment ago. It was a primal instinct really, all of his reasoning screaming at him that this entity that was in front of him, wasn't meant to be here.
Thankfully, his worries ended up being empty when nothing happened even after a minute passed, not even the smallest prickle could be felt.
His breath was still coming in heavy, despite that, he slowly lowered his arms, looking at the... thing that had just spoken to him.
"Raum." The old man said. "Just call me Raum."
Then he snapped his fingers, and all of a sudden Edward felt his pupils be assaulted by a ray of light.
A brilliant explosion of light enveloped the world, swallowing them whole as it reached its crescendo.
He blinked, reeling in shock as his vision came to focus.
