Sealing

Li approached the rift. 

"Tia, stand behind me," said Li as he knelt down, eyeing the fluxing black tear in space through his empty eye sockets. He could feel a distinct chill emanating from the rapidly oscillating rip, the kind that Tia did not like.

"Tell me," said Li to Lira as the dragon watched from behind him. "Where does this rift lead exactly to?"

Lira shrugged, her armor clanking with the movement. "I do not quite know. When my real body traveled through it, I saw that it simply stood in an empty void of darkness. The void that lies above the skies."

"Space," said Li. "Did you see anything else around you? Stars? Other worlds in the distance?"