Shadow Slave | Sleepless Dreamer

Rrrrrrrrrr- Qlik-

The door closed behind them.

For the first few seconds, a large empty circular room with mosaic floors and spined columns along the walls were seen before darkness engulfed Hope's vision.

But another last thing he saw were stairs.

Silhouettes started to form from a dim blue light high above the ceiling that opened to another room, the stairs leading and spiraling up like a coiled wire.

Master Leda didn't say much else as she led the way. And Hope followed in silence.

She held her head high as they climbed the tower's stairs, her gaze locked forward, unwavering, as the cold started to hug around them with each ascending step.

Finally, they reached the top where the door was already opened. After she came through first, as Hope followed in after, they entered the great glass dome.

A large glass dome shelled over them was bathed in soft blue light from the night. Scratches between the dark clouds' slate revealed the hidden firmament in which tiny stars winked here and there that Hope had not seen in a long time. In the waking world that is. His Soul Sea-

'Nope. No. Forget about that.'

Hope shook his head.