Book of The Lightborn: Rise

Awakening

6 months prior

'I'm losing consciousness. This isn't good, where is my body at? Can't feel it. What about my mind? Still here, I can think. And my soul? It's being split. I must do something about it. Maybe the Creator can help me...'.

A fraction of a fraction of a moment later

'I've waited enough, no answer. Then I must proceed...to where though? There is still that light I left inside the monster, I can guide my mind and soul into it, my body is lost though, part of my soul as well. Then I should take as many lights as I can. Let's see, a hundred and twenty five, half should do, the rest will go away, maybe to the Link? I wonder, I never did, but now I do.'.

A fraction of a fraction of a moment later

'More than half of my soul, my whole mind, the memories carried inside my light and those of my siblings. It's plenty, but I'm also stuck in this monster's body, who's also dying. My siblings managed to injure it beyond salvation, even so, I can conserve what's vital and keep portions of it alive. I must do so, otherwise there will be nothing to contain my lights, mind and soul.'.

'What's this? Its soul is resisting me, it's trying to get away. That I cannot allow, so let's see...there, I wrapped its soul with my lights. Every struggle of its soul, will now cause more pain to whatever remains alive of its body. Survival is struggle, and pain teaches you is better not to struggle too much.'

'Now I must wait until they're gone up there. I can't see or hear anything, so it's best if I rest my mind for a while...'

15 suns later

'They're long gone, and I managed to learn much about this creature. The inner workings of its body, how it moves, what it eats and even how it procreates.
But, while I managed to keep enough of it alive to where I can comfortably reside for an even longer period of time, I have a sense of loss from the outside. Assuming it hasn't moved ever since it was struck down, it's probably being eaten by something out there. I still have no ways to see or hear, so I must construct those back from within the creature. Let's see what I can use.

4 suns later

'I have formed my eyes and ears. It feels odd, being constructed out of pure flesh, imitating the natural design of this beast into something to accommodate me. At the same time though...it feels right. It's as if the flesh completes me, allows the lights to work in wondrous ways. I wonder if-ah! No, I cannot expel it, not yet. I can at best capture the light from outside through the eyes, the sounds muffled by the water. Although, if I apply some light into my mind to better distinguish the sounds...there! Now I can hear the sounds of the water...dead silence all around.'.

'Another strange matter is my ability to move these eyes around the corpse of the creature, so I can the ears. Maybe that's why the flesh suits me so well, I can design it to my own accord and then change it, unlike my old body. Although limitations are in place, like not being able to channel light outside of it, or empower my body like before. So I must find new ways to do so if I am to save my siblings without dying again.'.

'The waters are dark as far as I can see, but I do notice something. The water above seems to no longer be touched by ice, the daylight protrudes the surface in a different way, so I can barely tell. I wonder, did the weather change up above for this to happen? I should connect my mind to the tissue of this creature, learn about the temperature and such.'.

2 suns later

'I'm starting to learn more and be able to change this body faster. I can sense the cold water all around, and considering how it felt before when I had a body made of light, I'm confident the weather changed in a drastic way. Everything is warmer, not by a lot, but enough to where I can notice a difference.'.