There was literally no other way! What about Dimitri... There were hundreds of possibilities, maybe moving the orb could put him in danger, or maybe he was already in danger and she needed to rescue him. How? By moving the orb and clearing a path.
Just sitting and waiting was doing her no good, she spent a good while waiting for something to happen but nothing did, she needed to do this...
Adeline straightened, her resolve hardening. "No more stalling," she said aloud. "If this orb is the key to the next step, then I'll take the risk."
She marched back to the pedestal, her heartbeat quickening. "Here goes nothing," she muttered, reaching out.
The moment her fingers brushed the orb's surface, an intense pain shot through her body. She gasped, her knees buckling as the orb's golden light enveloped her.
