Then he turned away from Midnight. He forced himself upright, steadied his balance, closed his fingers around the Heartwood Stave, and stepped onto the mirror.
From this moment, he had approximately
three hundred and sixty minutes.
He drew one final breath. It entered him shallow and brittle with cold. Then he initiated the Somsaraa. His Rothar did not surge, it aligned. Energy passed through him in ordered succession, released without excess. With that release, his essence broke ties from his presence.
Then he turned away from Midnight. He forced himself upright, steadied his balance, closed his fingers around the Heartwood Stave, and stepped onto the mirror.
From this moment,
he had approximately
three hundred and sixty minutes.
He drew one final breath. It entered him shallow and brittle with cold. Then he initiated the Somsaraa. His Rothar did not surge, it aligned. Energy passed through him in ordered succession, released without excess. With that release, his essence broke ties from his presence.
