LIGHT 30: What Remained
LIGHT 30: What Remained Some time had passed since the result began to spread. Elia remained standing in the deepest chamber, taking in the space that had changed around her. The domain that had existed as a place of choice no longer held the same form. The branching lights that had run across the floor were gone, and the records once reflected along the walls had closed one by one. The air was quiet. There was no sound of collapse. Only the faint presence of white particles drifting somewhere far away remained. Too quiet. Elia looked down once at the light beneath her feet. At the center, the light of the Origin Presence continued to weaken. Its once-vast outline had grown thin, and the remaining ring of radiance was slowly shrinking. The white circle flickered faintly several times, leaving behind one last small glimmer. Then it vanished in silence. At that moment, the white light filling the deepest chamber trembled once. The thin lines acro...