'Shit!'
He wasn't sure if Downwell knew the exact cause of the war but anything would have been enough, even a single word. One simple discovery might have been just what he needed to point him at the right path.
But he couldn't even get just that.
He looked at the figure of the man who was now frozen mid sentence and around the room that was now colourless. The room appeared to have been held in stasis, the steam that had been coming from the kettle was frozen along with everything else.
Ellie's body was the only thing with colour in the odd space.
Chari suddenly leaped back as the liquid not too far from him stirred. Out of it, a gloomy dark green creature that resembled a pillar of green goo emerged.
The large creature stared at him for sometime and let out an ear piercing screech. Even after blocking his ears with both hands he could still hear the tumultuous sounds.