Not a Smile (Part 2)
At first, it was just a sound bordering on the edge of hearing, like tinnitus. Yet the longer Lith stayed in the Mindscape the clearer the fluctuation in the world energy became.
Luckily for them, the communion didn't last long so the effects of the ritual were mistaken for a wild surge of world energy the likes happened every decade or two inside the Fringe. Actually, there was no such thing.
What the elves believed to be random events were caused by the werepeople's attempts to find a way to merge their split life forces in order to return to the outside world for good.
Most of the Dewan had lost faith in receiving the planet's help but there was always someone among the youths who decided to give it a shot.
Also, Aalejah had unwittingly acted as a distraction.