As we left the ruins behind, I could feel the weight of the artifact pressing heavily against my chest, not just physically but mentally as well. The visions it had unleashed were still fresh in my mind, like dark tendrils of memory that refused to loosen their grip. I couldn't shake the feeling that we had just uncovered something far more powerful and dangerous than we were prepared for.
The others walked in silence, each of us lost in our thoughts. Finn kept glancing back at me, his brow furrowed in concern. I knew he wanted to say something, but he held back, perhaps sensing that I wasn't ready to talk yet. Eventually, it was Kayla who broke the silence.
"That thing," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's dangerous, Jade. You saw what it did back there. We can't just carry it around like it's nothing."
Her words hung in the air, heavy with the truth we were all avoiding.
