Time passed eerily slowly, and Michael grew impatient. The longer he watched his subordinates and beloved, the more he suffered. Michael felt useless and like a jerk, as he watched his subordinates engage in dangerous maneuvers to stall the Dragys.
Hours turned into days and days into weeks. It wasn't long before the first months elapsed, yet the Heart's Choice trial was still not over.
Knowing that he was still stuck in the middle of a seemingly infinitely large body of water was infuriating. It affected Michael more and more. However, one day, everything changed. The last bits of patience transformed into uncontrollable impatience and the urge to leave the Temple of the Forgotten as the Dragys located and killed some of Michael's Untamed Awakened.
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