Kael's confusion was at its peak, he couldn't act, move or do anything but wait.
It wasn't the kind of confusion that came from not understanding a spell or a system window. This was worse, this was sensory betrayal.
The room existed, he knew it existed, he could feel the cold of the metal door behind his shoulders and the damp air on his skin, yet his eyes gave him nothing but darkness. No edges. No light. No depth. Just void, like someone had poured ink directly into his skull.
His fingers tightened around the basilisk eye without thinking, then he forced himself to loosen them. Crushing it would be idiotic. Panicking would be idiotic. And yet his body wanted to do both. Not while he was still going through the awakening. He had to simply suck it up, and live with it. Long enough until the words Trial Complete showed up.
He watched the map intently, as it was one of the only two things he could see right now, and then looked at his Internal Energy bar.
