Strax watched as the Elven Queen took the hesitant step towards the pillar of white light - a pure, vibrant column, pulsating with an almost living energy. The air around it seemed to vibrate, and an indescribable sense of time and space blurred around them.
She walked into the light, an intense glow engulfing her body little by little until, suddenly, everything around her exploded into absolute blindness.
The world disappeared.
An absolute silence, where not even the sound of her own breathing seemed to exist.
Then, slowly, a faint light began to emerge in the darkness, spreading out in gentle waves like a delicate awakening. Strax opened his eyes - not the tired, wounded eyes of before, but something new, crystal clear, almost as if he could see the very essence of the universe.
