The old drainage system swallowed Aren whole.
For a few seconds, there was no up or down, only the roar of rushing water and the burn of his body constantly reminding him that he was injured.
His Full Morph had already receded a few minutes ago, but even so…Aren forced his consciousness to stay awake, blending into the surge of ether while constantly having to suppress his own so that Alysa wouldn't be able to track him.
There was one danger of Elementalization…the body isn't able to hold the shape for that long, causing the consciousness to pretty much try to adapt to what it was.
Which meant only one thing—if Aren was a droplet of water for long enough, his mind would eventually be forced to think he actually was a water droplet.
His awareness flowed along the currents, dragged through cracked pipes and flooded trenches, slipping through gaps no human body could have fit through.
