I wanted to end this loop as quickly as possible, but I had not finished answering all the questions, and this was what the Hollow Avatar wanted me to finish before I took the final step.
Was there another way to end this, apart from taking the place of the Jade Oracle?
The Quest from the system was still there on my status screen, even though I took it upon myself not to look at it anytime I checked my status.
[ World Quest ]
[ Stop the Pale Matron from rising]
The quest did not give me any conditions for completing it; I just have to stop her from breaking free from Caelith Mourne.
Even though knowing that I could not stop the Jade Oracle from dying, perhaps I was not meant to… perhaps I had to allow myself to believe that I could finish this World Quest and return home.
As if my thoughts were the triggers, which they were most assuredly were, the wall before me rippled, and a passage opened, stretching before me, dark and waiting.
