Chapter Twenty-Two AwarenessThe desolate land cracked and crumbled beneath their feet. The broken terrain slowed their progress while the violent wind battered them relentlessly. Aidan's exhausted frame staggered, everything he was felt the exhaustion caused by his absence from the lands blessed by Darrienia. Every second he remained in contact with this barren and devoured land only served to tire him, deleting his reserves far quicker than he had anticipated. The howling of the gale and the further collapse of the land were the only sounds to be heard. They picked their route with care, avoiding the large sinking chasms which descended into nothingness. Aidan, before tiring too much to converse further, had explained that to stare into the nothingness was to behold Chaos itself, and,

