Adyr's eyes opened in the middle of nothingness; only distant, floating islets could be seen, giving small pieces of life to this empty place.
But even those did not look permanent, as the void itself trembled without pause, like an ancient structure about to crumble inward, ready to collapse with everything inside and be buried in infinity.
Upon regaining his senses, he felt a deep ache throughout his whole body, with changes coursing through his muscles and skin as though another evolution had begun.
He ignored the constant transformations running through him and looked back to where the Serpent had been chasing him. It was still quite a distance away.
"So all those things didn't even take a second." Adyr realized at once that although the memories he had lived inside his mind felt like hours or even days, in reality they had not lasted even a second.
