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Cedric didn't care about the confusion of the entourage.
He walked closer to the mysterious thing wrapped in a whirlpool with calm steps. He felt no fear, no trepidation, or hesitation as he did so.
Once he got close enough, he paused. And then, the whirlpool dissipated. The churning waters calmed down, revealing what it hid.
It's a massive piece of flesh, pulsating at a constant beat. It didn't look like one, but it's most definitely a heart. And each pulse it beats is what determines the flow of the waters here.
This...this is the real core of the Howling Depths. It's the closest and most guarded secret, one that many sailors, pirates, and tourists tried to uncover only to fail.
Cedric tracked it down simply by following the flow of the real current, not the ones that everyone else believed them to be.
