He had experienced this phenomenon two times before. The first was when he found out about the death of the leaflings, under extreme grief he lost control of his body, and inadvertently made promises of claiming the entire forest.
The second time was when he first met Asclepius. Under extreme anger, he lost control of his body again and nearly killed him. And now, under extreme fear, his body was once again possessed by the unknown presence.
He was now an observer, a mere watcher, and from his standpoint, time seemed to be slowed down, everything dilated. Oddly enough, the two creatures still traveled at seemingly normal speeds.
Lucius could tell that his body was already in the process of running, that he was already twisting to gallop in the opposite direction from these beings. But it all felt too slow, like his mind was running at speeds hundreds of times faster than his body could handle.
