In that instant when the boundless darkness and chaos enveloped him, Ted Riel realized something was wrong.
However, when he tried to immediately terminate the transmission and return through the "door," he found that his powers did not respond—and the ephemeral gate that was beside him a second ago had disappeared into the boundless darkness and chaos.
Calm down.
The Truth Confidant slowly took a breath, quickly regaining his composure, and restrained the instinctive urge to start observing and sensing his surroundings right away—in the darkness, he stood quietly in place, not attempting to hear or see anything, while gradually withdrawing his perception, controlling his thoughts, using the "Mind Control Technique" he had mastered through long training to suppress his innate human curiosity, desire to explore, and associative thinking as much as possible.