Crossing the infinite Void of the Deep was like walking through a veiled doorway.
One moment, there was all the light and sound of the real world, and the next it was swallowed by a crushing abyss. A blanket of darkness descended over the world, suffocating all noise, deadening senses, constricting breaths.
And the next—
—well, Damian wasn't sure what was supposed to happen next, because Lynn's Cinder-powered explosion forcibly tore them free of the Gateway.
There was a hideous screech of Deepshadow as the blooming light of the Flame ripped apart the passageway between nowhere. Cardinal shouted in surprise; Damian felt the constricting tunnel around his body give way; Lynn's fingers slipped from his grasp—
—Damian slammed into the ground and rolled several times over.
