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Once again, you feel aspired toward the parallel realm. Your Astral self, as well as those of the other disciples, fell like meteor toward the Maze.
Ǫ̸͙̥̝̙̫͖̤̪̭̺͔͕̗̐͊͋͌̂̐̆̃̂͝͠ẖ̴̡͕̺͉̰̻̪̣̥̬̖̜͔́̈́̆̍̌̄̔̆̉̓̿̓?̸̢̨̛̛̯͔͓͈̥̱̀̏͌̐̈́̏͌̿͆̒͑̂͑͜͝͝ ̴̡̧̛̻͔̳̤͎̤͙͆̇́̀̃̋͘Y̶̢͙̘̜̹͚̯̫͍̺̝͕͎͉̼͌́̓́̿̾͒̓͊̔͆̂́͜͝͝͝ö̴̢̘̪͇̬͍̗̭̬̪̫̻̂̓̈́͑̔̏̋͂͑̾͛̒̆͊̒͒ư̵͎͇͂͒͌̆̓̓̎͆̇̃̓̄̒̈́͜'̷̡̙͚̟̣̜̱͆̎̈́͑̃̃̀͘ͅͅr̸̨̻̤̩̖͔̱̥̄͑̂͋̏̿͋̿ę̵̠̠̟̼̮̜͙̝̤̂̌̃͂͐̉̀̍͋ ̴̹̣̣͍̜̀͐̂̇̂̀̊͋͋͛̌̈b̶͇͔͉͂a̸̧͓̮̰̙̱͈̩͓̪̥̠̹̺̝̱͒̋̈́̊͒͒̀͆̀̍̈́c̷̢̢̪̻͚̝̫͔̞͍͇̱̠͍̒̾͐́̓̂̾͐̆̕͘k̶̢̨̝͙̞̩̙̘̠̆̍̏̈́̊͂́̇͑̀̀̓̉͘͠͝?̵̠̳͇̩͎̮̭̆̂̈́̀́͌̈͊̋͌̿̍̀͘
This was probably your imagination.
Your corporeality comes back. In the young snake nest. You hear startled hisses. Not again!
A flash of light projects your shadow in the wall you're facing. Is this it? You just came back so that this light snake could finish its job?
Wait, you're thinking for too long and you are not hurt.
You turn around, and Kyo Ko is behind you, launching and catching a blue marble with a dao-too-bright wriggle.
"I wanted to capture this one!
- <span class="mu-b">As if. It's the one that wounded you? He's stronger than you and full of animosity. You really think you could have bound that Stalking Light Snake?</span>"
You shut up. In truth, you don't know if you could have done it. And you quite enjoy retaining your physical integrity. Still, this cemented the view in the eye of the bigger disciples you're a small fry that got lucky in the past.
You don't want to break that image - for it's true and safer for you.
You have more time for appreciating the landscape. This realm is made of an interconnection of tunnels of varying width; carved in a scale pattern. Each step let you see spiritual beasts - big, small, strong, weak.
However, most interesting preys such as elemental-made snakes are snatched just under your nose. Well, such is life of an insect among true practitioners.
On one hand, you feel like this out-of-world adventure is a reward in itself. The uncomfortable feeling of pressure and not-belonging makes the main world and your own hesitation feel petty.
That is, until the one insulting you to begin with snaps back in the main world.
