Selina’s POV
The descent from the Fire Nexus required as much precision as the ascent – though the nature of the danger had shifted. The mountain felt like a supportive entity attempting to cradle the marrow of my bones; the basalt ridges seemed to bow under the weight of the Trinity Spark.
Every step I took against the cooling obsidian triggered a faint, harmonic vibration in the earth – a signal that the core of the ridge recognised its new custodian.
"The resonance remains too strong," Elias remarked, his Sight struggling to process the way the landscape bled golden light. He stumbled over a loose patch of scree, but I reached out, my fingers brushing his shoulder, and a pulse of stable, earthen energy anchored him before he lost his footing.
"Focus on the path," Finn commanded, his
