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Hnn..?

My eyes drooped. Blearily I blinked the gunk of sleep from them. Felt the alarms blare through my mind with what must've been a hazardous amount of messages.

"What'da want..." I moaned. Letting my sleep fall through my mouth and out into my tone.

[Intruders detected in owned dungeon]

"Fuck..." I groaned. Let my mind wander to whichever one it could be. My first? Maybe. The second I had taken over, more probable.

But of course it couldn't be that simple... No... I had to take the hint and open my palm. Twist the space around me and call upon a skill I haven't used even once.

|Portal| 

And there it was. The core of my existence. The very object that dominates my life. Should it crack and fall to pieces, so too would my soul. I would die a death far truer than most.

But still I walked. Through the swirling colors and into the core of my existence.

/./