The sun hung high in the sky as Liam stood in a small clearing within Vlardia. He tilted his head upward, squinting against the light as faint, dark shapes flitted across the vast blue canvas above. They looked like birds from this distance, but given the nature of this realm, Liam wasn't inclined to assume.
'Who knows what they really are,' he thought.
The clearing felt eerily familiar. The tall green trees surrounding the area formed a dense wall, their canopy allowing only fragmented rays of sunlight to pierce through and dapple the ground in shimmering patches. The scent of wild vegetation filled the air, stirring a memory from the beast realm they had been sent to during the enrollment trials.
'This feels familiar,' Liam mused. His red eyes swept across the clearing, taking in the scene with a detached air.