Step two was not pretty.
If step one had been identifying the source of the mutation, then step two was the part where everyone was forced to confront what that source had already done. Purging it wasn't a clean process, nor was it a gentle one, and Luca didn't, more like couldn't, pretend otherwise.
Catching the parasite itself had been one thing. Doing something about the spiritual pathways that had already mutated because of it was another matter entirely.
Theo couldn't help but glance at the containment cube Luca had placed off to the side. Inside it floated a magnified object that, at first glance, looked almost harmless. Compared to the damage it had done, it was barely the size of a mote. Insignificant. Easy to underestimate.
But that was probably the image it was going for.
