Of course, Maya hadn't forgotten how the last adventure had almost gone terribly wrong after they walked straight into Kali's farm, but that was no reason to suddenly be afraid of everything.
There was no reason for them to suddenly dread flames like burnt children.
Kali was about to head out. It was then that Elion noticed movement across the rift.
"Hmmm?"
He initially thought it was another trick of the drifting mana.
The opposite bank had been wavering behind its translucent folds ever since they arrived, making it difficult to distinguish smaller details without focusing.
But there it was again: Someone was waving at them.
Elion narrowed his eyes, using an ability and looking through a thinner stretch of the rising curtain.
Several figures stood on the far bank, gathered a short distance from the edge, and the more clearly he saw them, the stranger his expression became.
He spotted a familiar head of purple hair.
