For a moment, she seemed suspended between this world and another, and then the glow around her dimmed, though her eyes did not return to their natural hue. White fire lingered in them, shifting faintly with each passing second.
Adela drew in the air through her teeth and held her gaze on the scenery. Her body tensed, then loosened with a slight tremor as she blinked. Her hands reached out in front of her, not blindly but with certainty, as though tracing lines across an invisible page.
'So she can see hidden paths and illusions? That's her Element's aspect? Well, not entirely useless.' Kyle caught on at once, his attention drawn to her movements as she traced the unseen lines.
Na-Ri stepped forward, laid a hand on her shoulder, and asked flatly:
"...Are you okay?"
Adela's lips parted, but no clear answer came. Her gaze swept across the ridges where the island rose into towering hills.
Slowly, she lifted her arm and pointed towards a fold in the mist.
