"It's using fear to control our bodies."
Brakhtar gritted out the words while straining against the bind that had turned his body rigid as stone.
Even saying it felt absurd. A Spark with a mind skill inside a Sanctuary where only Ignis Path beings should exist made no sense.
"Fear? How can an Ignis Path Spark have a skill like that?" Thalira forced the question through a mouth that barely obeyed. Terror felt seeded in every cell.
The bind itself was the kind of debuff only Aether or Nether Sparks should inflict, yet what they were witnessing refused to fit inside what their minds allowed.
Brakhtar stopped chasing answers and focused everything on breaking the bind cast over them. As an Aether Path, he understood mind skills, but even he was struggling to pry himself free.
"I'm sure now. This Spark is Rank 4." Brakhtar finally grasped the measure of the creature about to kill them.
