"What do you mean?" Morok asked while returning human.
"The moment someone steps inside the barrier, their consciousness is assaulted by Mogar's. Without the proper training, the mind of feeble beings like us gets crushed and our personality disappears.
"To let the girls inside the Fringe, I had to open a way while drawing on myself most of Mogar's attention. It allowed them to slip in unnoticed and to experience solely a split-second of pressure before the weight on their minds disappeared.
"On the other hand, even brief exposure to Mogar's will is dangerous. To separate their personalities from those imbued in the barrier, they had to relive all the traumatic events of their lives.
"Whatever made them the persons that they are today, they lived it all in one go, without a moment to grieve their dead or collect themselves. I knew it might be traumatic, but I never expected that two pampered noble ladies could carry such a heavy burden.
