Patterns

"ARGRHRGRHRHHHHRAGHARHHH!!!" Rui's screams melted into incoherent wails of agony.

Blood began trickling from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose due to the sheer stress that it caused within his body. If not for the Elder Tree, which promptly used the remarkable medical prowess it came to develop from the knowledge and skill it had inherited from the Divine Doctor and its own powerful capabilities, Rui would have died very soon.

Yet, nobody who saw his current state could, in good faith, insist that the Elder Tree was doing him any favors.

Death was mercy in comparison to what Rui was being subjected to.

"AAAARGRHRGHRRGWHAGRGAHHHHHRHRHRHGHGGHRRR!!!!!"

A soul-wrenching guttural screech of pure agony erupted from within him even as he processed the information that was thrust into him.