The ascension was not the end. To strengthen their spirit against the impulse to fuse, they almost bit through their own lips. Enlightenment - [Endurance] first appeared on their Ring of Fate, and almost the next second, both of them acquired Miracle - [Fusion] together.
But the power gained from the ritual only intensified their desire to truly become one with the other person. Such rapid acquisition of Spirit Runes represented an extremely abnormal phenomenon in itself.
And yet, the existence of Shard, the vow to Shard, still drove them resolutely towards Angelina, whose face was already streaked with tears, unknown when it had started.
The short journey of less than ten seconds felt like an eternity to Lecia and Dorothy. By the time they finally left the scope of the ritual, realizing they were drenched in sweat, their trembling bodies were weak, but the intense impulse within them swiftly diminished to a mere trace.
"Sister."
