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Hidekazu
Aihi studied Hidekazu for a moment before retrieving the Dragon Eye from her kimono. The artifact floated above her palms, washing them in a silvery-blue light. “We might as well see. If your blessing interacts with the relic in a way that helps us...”
The sight of the Dragon Eye provoked the same mixture of madness and desire Hidekazu when he first saw the stone. This time, it was also a release of energy once suppressed beneath a frozen lake deep within his spirit. A crack snaked along the surface of that metaphysical lake. The fissure widened, and frozen dewdrops rattled inside him.
Sayuri squeezed his shoulders, holding the gap from spreading further. The urgent trill of her energy hovered around him, but the call of the Dragon Eye drowned out her urgent whispers.
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