Location: Training Clearing, Thornhaven Village
Date/Time: 15 Ashwhisper, 9938 AZI
Realm: Mid Realm
Vaelith felt the moment Lyria's soul slipped its mooring.
Not through the healing link — that was still active, green essence pouring into channels that were no longer holding. She felt it through the Shan'keth. Through the gift that made her feel truth the way other beings felt heat or cold: an absolute, involuntary awareness of what was real.
And what was real was that the girl was leaving.
The session had been progressing well — better than well. Lyria's channels were responding to guided activation with a clarity that shouldn't have been possible given the damage they'd sustained. The scar tissue from the second session had softened ahead of schedule. Her essence flow was strengthening. For the first time in five days of treatment, Vaelith had allowed herself to believe that the girl's prophetic gift could be trained rather than endured.
Then the seizure hit.
