Fallout I

Outside the Basic Entropic Rift portal.

WAP!

Lyra Veyrin and Serena were hurled from the portal as the latter dragged the former out, Lyra immediately laying down the bloodied bodies they carried before trying to dart back in.

"We have to help him!"

And yet,

PAH!

Serena slapped Lyra so hard, her body was knocked backward alongside her bouncing Blue Slime.

Lyra stared at her in shock, fury burning in her eyes. But Serena, her Trial Guardian flames simmering black, stood firm, her face shadowed with tension.

"Help him how? Are you a Symbiotic Resonance Interstellar Beast Master? Do you even understand what's happening in there? The only thing we can do is wait for reinforcements... which shouldn't be long."

In the distance, the sound of Medic Drones and emergency vessels echoed, racing through the underground expanse toward them.

Lyra understood the logic. She did. But still...

"Therion…"