>Try to open our senses more toward Lily. Can we feel anything about her?
>Anxious to locate your partner, you stretch your sense out to find her through means other than your eyes. This has the sensation of deepening the sensation of grimy water all around you, as though you're deeper into a polluted lake. Which also has the effect of deadening your senses somewhat, as well, and your perception of the floating pigtailed-woman's aura diminishes slightly.
>However, as your senses drift over that anomalous patch of water down the aisle, where the woman' energy tether leads, you sense Lily's ring, and your own ring glows in recognition.
>Almost immediately, you have the sensation that Lily is somehow touching your mind, through the connection between your rings. It's not unlike what you and she experienced when you touched each others' hearts outside the Metal Tiger shrine, though obviously nowhere near that intimate. You can see her, in your mind's eye. She is trapped. The water you see is part of a large bubble, encapsulating the winged blonde. She is also restrained by what can only be described as a watery tendrill, made of a denser liquid than the bubble, preventing her escape. She is unharmed, but she also cannot breathe.
>"Why would you want to do that?"
>"I'm not here to take anyone from you. In fact, if you release my friend, we may be able to help you defend him."
>"But I don't need your help." she hisses in a reedy, breathy voice, her teeth clenched fiercely, her dirty blonde pigtails still fluttering somehow, though there is no more wind. "Not anymore. You? Help? You can't help yourself. Not from. What is coming. But I've saved him. We'll survive the End."
>You think you can sense her energy building again, albeit slower this time than before.
