"That is certainly one word for it." Lioriley let her hand linger in his for a few seconds longer, grip loosening only once they had begun moving forward again. Somewhere in the far distance she heard an animalistic screech - just loud enough to have her stilling for a moment to listen for any sign of an approach.

When none came, she continued: "We were, but it was exhausting work. When we made connections with those that had ventured into the void, we could hear their thoughts, feel their emotions, envision all the terrors they wished to combat and all the pleas for help from the world they truly could not return to." Her voice wavered, just a little. "I feel so terribly for those that wished to return, to have to suffer such devastation."