Volume V - Chapter 65: Slowly Forward

After a couple of hours, we decided to take a break again. Even though we still had a long way to go to get out of the plain, we had made much progress. I even thought we would take a break earlier. But there was also an important side to this break.

The night was approaching again. We had almost two hours to go. And I... I wanted to concentrate on what could be our ticket out of here.

The place we chose to rest was nothing special. We simply collapsed where we were. Lucia and Sue stood off to one side, while I sat cross-legged in a spot slightly away from them and closed my eyes.

First, I called out to my mind.

'Lithoa, I'm going to try using ordea.'

A being whose presence and absence in my mind were one and the same suddenly surfaced. An old voice I was used to hearing echoed.

'Go ahead, don't pay much attention to me. I'll just observe.'

I nodded, then completely absorbed in what was in my mind.