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"Huff!..."
As the strange vision ended, the world exploded with light as the darkness was cast away, momentarily dazing Dale as he squinted his eyes.
'It ended...'
Processing what he had just seen, he slowly pieced together the events as he tried to understand just what sort of truth the Tablet had just given him.
'Okay… Phew…'
He raised his head, looking at the Tablet, but it now remained silent. The Golden Words had vanished, leaving behind the inanimate carvings from before on its smooth, greenish surface.
Whatever it wanted to show him it had already done so. Yet, he could feel faint fluctuations within its surface, it still had a lot left to share, but now was not the time.
There was nothing left to do here, he was done, and this meant there was only one thing left to do…