Mobilization

Asqa stood just outside Clyde's chamber, silent and with her hands clasped before her. 

The door remained shut but from within she could hear a deep, almost melodic humming. A sound that vibrated not through the air but through the very walls of the mansion. A resonance of something ancient that she knew very well.

She didn't move or call out to him. 

The pressure in the air was immense like the gravity of a very powerful magic was concentrated just beyond that door. She knew that the presence of the Ancient One had filled that room entirely. She could feel it brushing the edge of her own soul.

"So this is what it takes to grow stronger… in a short time," she thought.

Asqa had always known Clyde was willing to walk paths others feared. But this looks like something more dangerous than usual..

"Whatever it is… just be safe, Clyde," she thought again, closing her eyes for a brief moment.

Then she turned and walked down the hall.

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