The team did not talk for several minutes after the gap closed.
They stood in the blank sector amidst the broken remains of the measuring constructs that drifted away from them. The path that led away from the gap opened up towards the known realms. The path in front of them was sealed off again, heavier than it was previously. The metronome pulse continued to sound somewhere in the distance without changing its tempo, as if the interruption was not worth changing.
Lucifer kept watching the spot where the window was located. The vision of Damaris and Lilith, who were still clearly chained up and bloodlessly, but conscious, was still clear in his mind. The fact that they saw him and he saw them changed everything.
Aeloria was the first to speak. "We confirmed what we needed to confirm. They are alive. The orb is real. The being that is running the harvest is not interested in negotiating. We are not that strong to breach with this team. This is the current truth."
