"No…" K'pandolu flattened her ears back, gaze fixed on the crystal. That felt- not like the dropping of an aetherial bubble, but something like the raising of one. And the way Kalki had just taken those attacks, when she'd been dodging before-

Why? What had happened? What had changed?

"We should go," she said, tearing her gaze away- she wanted to keep watching it, until it or they were gone, see that nothing happened- but she tore her gaze away to approach the edge of the platform. Her steps were careful and wary, her tail out to maintain her balance as perfectly as possible as she knelt to try and see if there was anything to be seen in the byss.