"We're here," I said at last.
My eyes remained fixed on the empty void ahead, even though I knew it wasn't empty. As the ship drifted closer, I raised a hand and slowed our approach. The brakes flared, Essence circulating through the hull, and with a low mechanical groan the ship came to a halt, floating motionless in space.
"What is it?" Primus asked.
"There's an invisible wall ahead of us," I replied. "I don't know what it does yet, but I'm not letting us cross it blindly."
They simply nodded.
I stepped forward and vanished from the deck, reappearing directly in front of the wall.
Up close, it was overwhelming.
The surface was completely transparent to normal sight, but under perception it was alive, runes flickering endlessly, connecting and disconnecting in shifting patterns. They covered every inch of the barrier, layered so densely that it was impossible to tell where one sequence ended and another began.
I closed my eyes.
Right to Insight surged to full power.
