Amid the darkness, after he disappeared into thin air, he heard it once again, the sole presence in what felt like he was falling into an abyss.
A deep, commanding male voice echoed in his mind, ancient and powerful. "Return it... before it is too late for you, there will be no going back."
But before he could even process those words or even open his eyes to ask anything, another voice followed, soft yet piercing, filled with something almost... expectant. "Keep it. Seek the truth. Seek what your heart truly desires, young blood of the new coming era."
The conflicting commands sent a sharp pain through his head and his vision blurred even more than before, everything within sight fading.
Everything went dark around him, nothing in reach.
After what felt like hours of being trapped, with nowhere to go, Nova's next moment of consciousness came with a sharp intake of breath. He was no longer in the real world.
