Alas, he could not decipher the spell. He recognized some parts within the unraveling strands, but even then he couldn't analyze their purpose.
These strands were, after all, far more complex than the most advanced spells Eldrian had ever cast.
He felt like a child looking at a nuclear physics equation. Sure, he could pick out some numbers and symbols. They were familiar individually. But the meaning of the equation would remain beyond him. And the same held true for these strands.
Naturally, this meant understanding the workings of the entire spell was infinitely beyond him.
Leaving, however, was a frightening proposition. Eldrian knew not how time would flow differently. Or, rather, what the difference between the pacing of time here, at the core of everything, and elsewhere, was. Time might be almost frozen here, or it might flow equally. He had no hint as to which option would give him the most time.
