ALICE
There, in the middle of the crowd, a man stood, slowly fading before our eyes. His skin was disintegrating into dust, piece by piece, as if time itself had turned against him. His expression was frozen in shock, eyes wide with fear, his mouth open as though he wanted to scream but couldn’t find the strength.
I didn’t hesitate. My instincts kicked in before my mind could fully process what I was seeing. Summoning my energy from deep within, I let the magic flow through me like a current. My hand stretched out toward the fading man, and I directed the power straight into his chest. The air around him seemed to shimmer as my energy wrapped around his body like a protective blanket. He began to glow, an eerie, strange blue light enveloping him as the time-slowing spell took hold.
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