This is… confusing."
Frey muttered, unable to make sense of it all.
Then, almost unconsciously, he released a faint wave of aura .. probing into her presence.
That was when he understood.
"Your current strength allows you to see it, Frey. You're not foolish .. you can tell this is nothing more than a projection, a fragment of my consciousness."
Audrey's tone was calm as she stepped closer.
"So this isn't your real body…"
"No," she admitted softly.
What stood before him was only a temporary manifestation .. a butterfly that had escaped Helmund, carrying a fragment of her awareness.
Her true body had no idea this meeting was even happening.
In reality, the real Audrey was broken .. trapped in endless torment, used by the demons as an eternal source of Aura.
She no longer knew what was real… nor that she had saved Frey and Snow at all.
Thousands of years of agony had shattered her mind.
And now, this single fragment .. this butterfly
