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That was an alternative form of "Death." Laine suddenly realized that this being, nestled among the remnants of the Nine Realms, astonishingly resonated with him in terms of authority, only their paths were utterly different.
The birth and death of this 'tree' signified the fall of the spirit and the eternal life of flesh and blood.
With one step, Laine vanished from his original spot, but the vacuum's power couldn't affect the spread of that thought. It collided directly with Laine's Spiritual Body, and those deceased beings told their stories in the call — they spoke of their insignificant past, their 'great' present, and revealed the principles at the core of life before 'inviting' Laine to become a part of them.
Then, as a matter of course, this spiritual assault was easily smoothed over, purified, and deciphered by the Sovereign of Spirits, who then learned the message it contained.
"What a hassle."
