Just before we go

"We did it..."

This was the only thing that Mei wore on her lips ever since the completion of the fourth and the last step of the process. 

"We did it!" she screamed out from the bottom of her soul, only for everyone else to join her in the celebration. 

"We did it!" she screamed again as the servants now stepped into the tent and, while carefully avoiding the portal itself, distributed cups full of precious, nourishing wine to all the involved. 

"WE DID IT!" everyone in the tent screamed as they raised their cups to cheer for their achievement, only to then do it again... and then again, only stopping when all three cheers were properly exhausted!

"We did it..." people muttered to themselves as the celebration died down, replaced by the mundane process of moving on with their lives for most and the beginning of the most tedious part of the process for those capable of refilling the mana reserve.