and time it waits for no one

Maea leapt with horror at her heels and nothing but the void ahead, the other side of the chasm a small, snowy wink as she travelled. Did it seem to be getting further away, perhaps? Who knew, truly? Behind her, the monstrous being screeched its irritation, throwing itself after her with wild abandon. But once again the girl would feel things change as she moved, and this time in a much more fundamental way. Magic crackled in her bones, warping and morphing her shape, flooding her with Rae's wisdom and Vi's energy. But it was Ludo that tugged her towards the chasm's end, and as Maea hit the snow it would be on four legs, not two. A pelt of brilliant spots covered her, and her almond eyes would see all too clearly the way the air rippled ahead, suggesting a way back, away from the madness. LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own