Back in the abyssal ocean, Alex's consciousness slipped deeper into the void of his soul space. Time itself even seemed to stretch and bend. The minutes bled into hours, though Alex couldn't tell if this was an illusion or a side effect from the evolutionary process.
The orean around his physical body continued to respond to his evolutionary transformation, with the faint pulsations from the liquid growing stronger, echoing and mirroring Alex's heartbeat ominously.
The luminescent blue patches began to spread, with their light weaving into intricate, web like patterns beneath the surface.
If Alex were awake, he would be greatly shocked by what he was seeing — those luminescent blue lights weren't separate like those insect like creatures that had attacked him up above, instead they were all apart of one larger object!
