Strax kept his gaze on Frieren for a moment longer. She was sitting motionless, enveloped in a light that was already beginning to fade. Eternity seemed to hang over her, the threads of existence slowly loosening like broken branches in the wind.
"You know where to find me, ask Evelyn and she'll call me," he said at last, with a subtle nod.
Without waiting for an answer, Strax spun on his heels and held out his hand. Golden light pulsed around him, opening a veil in the space of the ethereal realm. Through the folds of nothingness, the image of a sleeping Evelyn was revealed, lying on the marble floor while the small domain he had used to talk to Frieren dissolved into sparks of energy in the air.
With a gesture, he approached her and brought her to himself. Evelyn floated gently towards him, enveloped in the same protective aura that had sustained that domain.
