Location: Obsidian Academy Secret Realm — Deep Interior
Date/Time: 30 Ashwhisper, 9938 AZI
Realm: Lower Realm (Secret Realm sub-dimension)
Jayde woke knowing she was going deeper.
Not a decision, exactly. More like a direction her body had already chosen while her mind was sleeping — the way a compass didn't decide to point north, it just did, because that was where north was. The pull had been there since arrival, a low hum at the edge of her awareness, and each day it had sharpened. Clarified.
Today, it was a hook behind her sternum.
There's no tactical justification for pushing further. Our haul should put us well inside Elite range already. The beasts in the deeper zones are Blazecrowned and above. The risk-to-reward—
(I know. We're going anyway.)
Her tactical mind didn't argue. It rarely did when the pull was involved. Something about it bypassed the analytical framework entirely.
