It was a slow, methodical process. With eyes closed and brows furrowed in focus, he gently wrapped his spatial power around the Elorium core in his soul. As he did, he felt Elora's energy right there with him, guiding him. The fairy was, of course, the resident expert on both his soul and Elorium. With their connection, she could help him even from behind the barrier she'd erected.
First, they disconnected the Elorium core from him altogether, and Erik felt the loss.
For several months now, Elorium had been the connecting point for his Arcanist and Runebound sides—something he'd been missing since the very first moment he came into contact with these principles. Suddenly losing that connecting point once again turned him into a creature made up of two separate halves. Now that he'd tasted the other side, he didn't like this feeling.
Fortunately, it shouldn't last long.
