Sunny allowed his body to become a shadow, returning to his natural form.
This time, however, he went a step further.
Letting go of the familiar image of himself, he set the shadow free. Unleashed from the confines of a human silhouette, his shadow swelled and surged in all directions, covering the spacious interior of the Shrine of Truth in an instant. Then, it burst from its gates like a dark tide.
In a matter of moments, Sunny had become vast enough to swallow the entire volcano — up to the point where its slopes disappeared into the sea of clouds, at least. His shadow covered the colossal bowl of the caldera and the ash-covered slopes, flowing into each crack and crevice.
He enveloped the incandescent depths of the main vent, too, as well as the suffocating confines of the secondary fissure vents.
Slayer shifted silently and placed a hand on the hilt of her sword. Kai simply looked around, lingered for a few moments, and closed his eyes to rest.
