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It had pulled her inward, like a force of wind suddenly being pressed to every inch of her from the inside out. The power, nearly all-consuming, still felt as if it would overwhelm her if she let it. It became her. It possessed her with all of its infiniteness and light ( Read more... )
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It's a stark contrast to everywhere else he's been in that that connection to Heaven is gone. He can feel pieces of it, leaking through the Rift and into this universe -- he presumes it's why he still has the abilities he does -- but this universe has no Heaven. It has no Hell. There is only this one dimension, and while he has friends here, has built a life here, in the most abstract sense, he misses that feeling of being tethered to something important. Something bigger.
And then, at that one moment, he feels it. A presence he hasn't felt in a long time, a presence that shouldn't be there, but is and he flies to it without a second thought. He knows exactly who it is, and while her presence in and of itself is weaker than he remembers it, it's a comfort nonetheless.
He lands behind her, studying the back of her shoulders with rapt curiosity -- he does not know when she will be from, what she will remember, but he knows he won't find out unless he speaks.
"Hello, Anna."
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"Uriel is not to be trusted," she expresses to him. It's the primary thought in her mind and for a moment she almost considers that his alignment might be what brought her to this place.
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"Uriel is not a concern here." It's a small comfort, he's sure, compared to what he is about to tell her, but for now he hopes that it at least provides some relief.
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"No, he isn't. I'm not sure I know what happened," she confesses, trying not to think too far beyond what she's learning in these moments.
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