Lapis was clearly in pain, yet she gritted her teeth and used her magic power to stabilize the cracking purple orb and seal it with her energy.
When her task was complete, she returned to the Alderson disk, her movements slow and heavy.
A vacant expression overtook her face as she silently dropped to her knees. Tears trickled from the corners of her eyes, falling to the ground as she punched it in frustration.
As Jamie watched this scene in silence, the woman beside him began to speak. Her voice was unusually flat, lacking its typical liveliness.
"She believed her husband's soul had been devoured and somehow trapped inside that thing, and she was desperately trying to retrieve it."
"…impossible."
Jamie muttered, continuing after a short silence.
"Souls are fundamentally energy.
