Chapter 50: Sacrifice, Part 6
Fresh tears stung his eyes as he dragged them up to the shadow. It was gray rather than black and growing ever lighter as he watched. "What did you do to me?"
Two fold. Half now. All your power and strength sacrificed to make you the key. It will take your light to use the key.
He was human. An ordinary human. "How am I supposed " he trailed off as the shadow vanished and was gone as though it had never been and then finished sourly, "to get off a fucking mountain when I cannot fly or stay warm" As though on cue, a sharp wind howled through the prayer chamber. Shuddering, Alrin pulled his cloak more tightly around him and wished he had not abandoned the bag that had carried all his supplies, including his boots.
Alrin turned to Korin, still fast asleep and nearly as pale as the snow slowly falling down upon them. He reached out to touch