>"Some. It is a hostile land filled with voracious and dangerous creatures who prey upon the champions' kind. I believe Water said that even the geology of that place is dangerously unstable and hostile to life. She actually even claimed that the planet itself had a will, and was trying to kill them. I am not sure how literally true this is, but I am inclined to believe her at least in the figurative sense. I have... encountered one of these creatures of Makai myself, and its essence was that of almost.... instinctual and mindless malevolence. Very different from the champions' kind."
>Haruka closes her eyes. "A living sea of black rock that devours the living and life." Her words seem to decrease the temperature in the room by a couple degrees.
>"How....?" White Rose asks.
>"A Dementia master I knew once, during the Dark Ages. He told me he had seen Makai in his darkest nightmares. He said he didn't remember much. I don't think he really wanted to, and for a dementia caster, that's saying a lot."
>"DARK Ages?" Chisato blurts from Haruka's shoulder.
>The big bird merely smiles a slightly tired smile. "Like I said. Too long. But Lotus, how could you have encountered a creature of Makai? Did the Champions bring it with them?"
