(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

The first few hours I circled the prison, clinging to its curved pillars as I
looked out over the vastness beyond. Nothing but darkness existed outside
this island, swallowing and negating all substance and light. Now and again I
returned to the slab I'd woken up on: sitting in meditation and refilling my
mental reserves, preparing myself with the Art. Then I would return to my
exploration once again, wondering how to escape.
It couldn't have been more than a few hours. That's all it took to restore my
spells in full. But by the end I knew that everyone who had followed me here
was dead.
This was no time for lamentations. It was no place for regrets. I wouldn't add
another brick to this Fortress that way. All I could do now was focus on
escape, and the oncoming confrontation.
My heart skipped and I leaped up to my feet as a familiar figure materialized
in the corner of my vision.
I could've wept with relief upon seeing the ghostly form of Deionarra: her
snow-white hair cascading down her shoulders, her spectral gown stirred by
some ethereal breeze. Her gaze rested on mine, and a strange, disjointed
sensation swept through me, as if I was looking at several pairs of eyes at
once.
"Deionarra...?"
"My Love, at last I have found you... I searched for you after you were
divided by the crystal - this Fortress spans hundreds of miles, and I feared
you were lost to me." Her ghostly eyes took my measure, searching my body
for new wounds. "Are you well?"
"I think so - the crystal divided me, but I am one again. Now I am trapped
here, however."
"I suspect trapping you here was the crystal's true purpose. But it poses no
barrier for one such as I." She closed her eyes. "Much do my eyes see, and
the halls of this Fortress are well known to me. If you are trapped here, my
Love, I shall see to it you are set free."
"Deionarra," my fists tightened, and I swallowed the lump in my throat, "I
wish to speak to you for a moment, and tell you how you died... and why."
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