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The next morning arrived without incident. Elayne had chosen to rest for a few hours, shutting down all her spiritual senses while leaving only a special barrier and a few safeguards active. Should danger approach, she would awaken instantly. As she had expected, however, nothing disturbed her. They were safe within the territory of the Amaterasu Clan, after all.
As she slowly opened her eyes in bed, she gazed at her hands and noticed strands of the True Elayne's Soul Essence flowing through her, melding with her own. This made her "officially" a fragment of the original—not merely an embodiment of her history and myth in this world.
The power had come from a very small Soul Fragment, the largest the other Elayne could share without permanently damaging her own soul, and the greatest she could transfer across dimensions.
