The thought of T̰́̇ͦ̀è̸̷̸̬̤̗̊_̸̵̰̦̗̒͜ȟ̗̍ͤa̶͉͉͍̭̰̅̀̈͜ͅȓ̶̶̛̦͇͙̟̈̿͒ͮ͑̋̚͡u̟͖͔̖̙͙͆̄̿ͩͧ̃̽̓̈̌̀͟͞n, the dark moon, intrigued her. Almost every night, T̰́̇ͦ̀è̸̷̸̬̤̗̊_̸̵̰̦̗̒͜ȟ̗̍ͤa̶͉͉͍̭̰̅̀̈͜ͅȓ̶̶̛̦͇͙̟̈̿͒ͮ͑̋̚͡u̟͖͔̖̙͙͆̄̿ͩͧ̃̽̓̈̌̀͟͞n rose to cast his shadow over all that was light and to swallow all Adhar. Perhaps, in his blackening gaze, she could find refuge — a momentary shield, a way to move undetected through the omnipresent light. But this was mere speculation. Midnight knew she needed to explore her capabilities and limitations to understand them. Only then could she carve out a space for herself in this radiant world without being consumed by it.

While anticipating the witching hour, Midnight went back to what she knew. Instead of exposing herself to the bending light, she shifted through the stone as she had done when exiting the mountain. As she moved within the mountain wall, Midnight expanded her reach and awareness once more. Though she no longer experienced the world like a beast — no longer saw, heard, smelled, or touched it — she perceived reality in a far more insidious manner, both outwardly and inwardly. The world around her was no longer something to interact with but something to recognise and pass through, while the world within her seemed vast, teeming with thoughts, sensations and power yet to be claimed.

Melding with the rock to progress further downward, she recognised but remained unaffected by the shifting weather that raged just below the clear band of light defining the sky under the Raja Siena. She rushed past fog-flooded storms of snow and hail, where ice fragments as large as boulders hurtled with a fury that could kill any pathera or wizard upon impact. Within the rock, the dangers were of a different nature; sealed areas, witch sigils, creatures like the shadebeast or sprites that prowled the crevices — any of these could lie in wait within the very stone she traversed. Midnight moved with a predator’s caution, her senses attuned to the faintest trace of foreign presences and boundaries.

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