Raizen drifted away from Atman and toward the Ruler's home, letting the fog swallow him. Within three steps, the platform behind him already faded into nothing, and he had to rely on memory and the faint sense of direction to figure out which way to go.
He walked slowly, trying not to look like a person sneaking around. Which was difficult because he was, in fact, a person sneaking around.
"This is wild" Raizen thought, not for the first time. I'm not supposed to be climbing trees like an idiot.
He circled the Ruler's home once, then realized he couldn't actually tell if he'd circled it or just walked in a confused loop around a random trunk with branches.
The fog made everything feel like the same five meters repeating forever.
"Okay. Think." Raizen forced himself to stop, breathe, and listen.
