The process had been a success. An exhausting, drawn-out success, but a success.
Ren had healed and woken from the first collapse and gone straight back to work. He spent the rest of that day on Selphira's arm, working at the pace the lower risk of that zone allowed, spending his energy without taking damage, finishing without another blackout.
The second session was calmer than the first because the arm was a manageable space after everything he had already navigated.
A day later he returned to the internal work, mid-level this time, deeper than the first interior session, the pattern clearer in his head but the connections considerably denser than the outer layers had been.
He managed it…
He also ended up unconscious again at the end.
Days after that, the leg took a full cycle of his energy and didn't knock him out.
Progress.
