Chapter 16: Sudden beast
Night rolled around in what seemed like an instant, yet sleep hadn’t found Astra. Instead, an insatiable curiosity kept her awake.
[What are you doing?]
"I was just curious about something," she said, making portals appear and reappear over and over, as if expecting something to change.
[Curious about?]
"These portals come in two types, right? One that sucks stuff in and one that does the opposite," she demonstrated with two opposite portals, one pulling her right hand eagerly while the other pushed it away.
"I wonder if I can use this to move around... It would save us tons of time, don’t ya think? We could even reach places we never could’ve! Or..." She paused, her eyes downcast as a new thought rushed through her mind, "Void gear..."
[Void what?]
"That won’t be for a while yet though—one thing at a time, Astra, come on!" She scolded herself, crossing her arms like a chastised child.
"I also kinda wanna know what that adaptability skill is, I accepted it not too long ago but i never saw it work,"
[I’ve been meaning to ask something as well,] Celi said as they continued the uphill journey through thick trees, their path disturbing nearby animals that darted away at the sound of Astra’s heavy footsteps.
"What’s that?" she asked absentmindedly, her focus fixed on what she would do once they arrived.