As gentle as she could imagine reuniting her soul with her body would have been, the moment his essence left her, she reconnected with herself and jolted awake.
Gentle.
She wanted to be gentle with him, to softly release herself from his protection, but in the midst of what they faced now there wasn’t a fraction of time to lose. It ushered them along, searching the land, connecting with their counterparts. Visuals appeared left and right within her mind, the only true way she could see what they could.
Fahymari hurried around the rest, surging from where she and the earth elemental had been, forward. His help, undeniably there, reaching for her in every way he knew how. Their companionship, their connection, could have been forged in those small moments, but time was not on their side
