We rested intermittently, mainly so that I could sit down and concentrate on my aether core. I wracked my brain trying to think of how to form new channels throughout my body so that I could more freely control the aether inside me.
After hours of deliberation and testing with nothing to show for it, I pulled out the translucent stone which held Sylvie. It had become a habit for me to stare mindlessly at it whenever things got tough or I was feeling overwhelmed. I felt at risk of forgetting why I was here, and thinking about Sylvie helped remind me that there was a world out there, and I needed to get back to it.
I had Regis go inside of the stone every now and then to see if there were any developments within—if Sylvie was getting better at all—but nothing had changed.
But this time was different. Whether it was because my core had gotten stronger, or something had happened within the stone, I couldn’t be sure, but as I held the stone in my hands, I could feel something pulling at the aether within me, drawing it through me and toward the stone.
Do you need aether, Sylv? Is that how I get you out of there? As I thought this, I pushed the aether from my core.
It only took a few minutes until my entire aether core had been drained, leaving me weak and shivering.
Purple cracks started to appear on sylvie egg.
Regis, returning from inspecting the perimeter, flew to my side. “Hey! What happened?”
I held up my hand. “I—I’m fine."
The aether around us began to swirl around the egg. Suddenly a purple explosion combusted from the egg. Sylvie was born with aether swirling around us and she began to look at me.
"Where are we?"
"We are inside the relictomb."
"You idio-"
I looked in horror as sylvie began to cough up blood from her mouth. She also bled from her eyes, her ears, her nose and her fingernail. The purple motes began forcefully enter sylvie as her body began to glow with a blinding light.
Her body exploded and her blood splattered me. I was covered in Sylvie blood. I realized my fault, a mistake i made. I forgotten about Sylvia message.
NO ASURAS IN THE RELICTOMB
