Axel's eyelid fluttered, as he groggily sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"That was one comfortable rest," he stretched, "even better than my bed."
"Odd, was I that exhausted."
He looked towards the glowing pool as he remembered what happened just before he passed out.
It was you wasn't it, you did something.
He quickly checked his body, searching for any abnormality, but there was nothing.
Quite the contrary, he was brimming with energy, it felt like he could do anything.
"But why did I pa…" he paused as he noticed a shadow from the side of his eye, at the tunnel.
At that moment, he remembered, just before passing out, someone came into the cave.
Axel quickly reached for the gishiki and spun around, pointing the katana towards the dark tunnel and whatever was there.
The only thing he could make out was a figure obscured by the darkness, leaning on the wall.
"And what do you intend to do with that," the figure said with an amused voice, tilting its head.
