Cole slipstream aftermath

  Dandalus grinned. “Who would attempt such a feat? The choice to enter a slipstream is sacred in the echolands. Once a person goes in, they do not come out.”

  “People don’t often survive?” Cole asked.

  “To my knowledge, it has never happened,” Dandalus said. “If you weren’t both living echoes, I doubt it could have happened. Even so, it was only made possible by your very strong will to live and your formidable power. Your will and your power helped ground you against the pull of the ether. As you held your ground, the slipstream pulled the impure shaping away. In miraculous fashion. Your power was hideously mangled. It is now completely, impossibly healed. I can no longer tell it was ever damaged.”

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