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'—Lash Step...'
'…'
'…?'
…What just happened?
Did something happen?… I don't know… No, something did.
I think… I think I was pulled somewhere by something that I didn't—I couldn't understand…
But I tried to, at least now, as I could still think.
Many ideas came to mind, but I settled only on one.
A portal…?
Maybe.
No… I shouldn't guess, not yet anyways.
I needed to confirm things first, as those thoughts of mine would take me nowhere.
[Ly? You hear me?]
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A response I waited for but didn't receive.
Usually, moments or even seconds were the most Lyra would take, so this indicated that she was out of range.
And that meant that I found myself in a place far away from Sol's domain…
Or worse.
But there was nothing I could do about that, so I continued ticking off my mental checklist.
