Books and Keyna stumbled through the chaos, the ground beneath them quaking with each impact of the tendrils. The once bustling city now trembled and quivered, the very foundation of their world being assaulted. Books looked around in horror as buildings swayed precariously, the stability of their structures no match for the ceaseless onslaught from above. The tremors were unending, each one more violent than the last, as if the tendrils were determined to rip the planet apart.