Now he was standing at the threshold of a physical space that had the same quality as that darkness, and the presence that had been in that darkness was in this space, and the air coming up from this space was warm in the way that something very large and very alive made the air warm.
It had not been a dream.
The déjà vu settled over him with the specific quality of recognition rather than repetition, the difference between remembering a place and arriving at a place you have been before.
He had been here before.
Differently. Through a different entry. But here.
Ding!
His system chimed.
He looked at the notification.
[New Mission Received]
[Mission: Refine the Blood of ???]
[Description: Begin refinement immediately.]
[Reward: Unlock summon ???]
[Time limit: None]
He read it.
Then looked at the opening again.
