CH382 Sacrifices
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Alex was the first to rouse after they landed on the new plane.
Technically, he hadn't been unconscious like the others. Instead, he had been held in an induced trance by the light of Providence—a protective measure that had shielded his sanity throughout the perilous journey… a journey he had experienced fully.
Only now did full cognition return.
And with it, everything—the memories, the sensations, the emotions—hit him all at once.
A wave of vertigo slammed into him.
Barely managing to move far enough from the still-unconscious expedition members, he staggered toward the exposed roots of a massive tree and vomited violently.
Only after retching out everything in his stomach did his body finally settle.
Despite the overwhelming flood of emotions, Alex instinctively understood that what he felt now was still less than what he would have experienced had each emotion struck him individually.
