Jahi PoV
Leone stood up from the clean contact point, her brow furrowed as she began to walk around the circle, staring straight down at the rippling rainbow marble.
"It's... odd. The mana is ancient, yet new. It shifts between elements on a whim, following no set pattern whatsoever, and it is much stronger than the prior contact points... Why?"
She walked behind Kolia, who was still crouched atop the blood and staring at the marble, her eyes narrowed as she tentatively stroked the flickering marble.
"Perhaps it's due to prolonged exposure? A Gate that lasted longer than it should have? Or maybe it was a different variant of Gate? No, that wouldn't make sense... prior Gates that were opened within the Empire's borders were investigated heavily as well, but no one reported things like this... So what..?"
