In the Mountains (1)

A boy was on his knees in front of a melting rock watching it with an unreadable expression. Just a few minutes ago the rock had appeared indestructible but now it was gone.

His breathing was heavy and his hands felt like they were fire, he had succeeded but there was no way he could consider it a success considering how much it had taken to get to this extent.

Chari was sure that Ellie would destroy the rock within seconds. If he had to push this much psyia out to achieve something similar it only went to show how vastly different they were.

He was unsatisfied.

Behind him Ellie and Agnes walked up to the rock. Agnes peered down at it with a forlorn expression on her face.

"My rock…"

Ellie on the other hand looked rather satisfied.

"Well, you're not terrible… still needs some work but with this we can move into the next stage."