The Test of Character Begins
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t took Jake a good week of sitting in meditation before he got the feeling he could handle the world around him again. Upon reflection on his current state, it was as though he had strained some mental or soul muscle far more than he should have. As if he had torn something metaphysical that wouldn’t simply heal in a few days. Luckily, though, it was healing. In just a week, Jake no longer felt either wholly overwhelmed by his surroundings or as though all stimuli were nearly completely suppressed. In fact, he now felt confident enough to walk all the way to where one entered the Challenge Dungeons.
However, Jake still had one thing that seriously bothered him. No matter how much he tried, he couldn’t recall how he’d felt during the moment he unleashed his
