Sylex Menacing

"Touch it," said Feldon, leaning away from the bowl.

"Go ahead, touch it."

Loran reached out and grasped the side of the bowl.

There was an instant feeling of disquiet, as if the sun had suddenly passed behind a cloud, leaving her in shadow. She looked up, and the entire room seemed to have dimmed.

Out of that dimness, she thought she heard a cry, the plaintive lament of a young child, though so faint that it was almost below her ability to discern.

She released the bowl's edge, and the world returned to normal. The sun passed from behind the cloud, and the child's cry was gone entirely.

"You felt it too," said Feldon.

Loran nodded and sat down opposite Feldon, the sylex between them. "There is something here."

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The Brother's War, Chapter 24