V-I-S-P-A-L.
Lucius stared incredulously at the words he had written in his notebook.
'Why does it have to be this mall?' he thought, his brow furrowing deeper with each passing second. 'Why?'
Frustration washed over him with a heavy sigh.
The pieces of a puzzling riddle were finally falling into place, but the picture they painted was one he was desperate to avoid.
His gaze sharpened as realization struck like lightning.
"I should have figured this out sooner. Vispal Mall is the anomaly in Lumin; it was clearly a sign. How could I have missed it? Just like the time… the Ethersphere has been trying to communicate with me all along."
"Time!" His heart raced as he glanced at the clock on the wall, panic hitting him like a ton of bricks. "10:14 AM."
He glanced back at his notebook. His deadline was at 12.
