The first light

Seth first thought was that his lust and perception sources were acting up again, and he was about to stop them when his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

The process inside Leora’s source looked quite the opposite of what he expected. The energy inside her source seemed to be struggling to leave it while the lust and perception energies were trying to contain it.

The bright light all around, scattering back into the atmosphere, also affirmed the same conclusion. Leora’s energy was leaving her.

He had never seen or heard anything like this happening before, at least to a fourth shell ascended, but he knew his lust and perception energies were trying to help. Without moving, since he feared that would make things worse, he brought his body closer to hers and called softly: “Lust, can you hear me?”

Silence.