It was a small piece of knowledge that had cost Faluel countless tries and extensive agony to learn, but she was now sure that waiting past the three-minute mark would bring no new development, only prolong her suffering.
She cut off the extra mana flow, and the pain abated instantly. Faluel waited to feel the now familiar itch behind her eyes again before sending the mana to the secondary sunspots.
'Gods, yes!' The itching spread to the rest of her brains and then down her necks. 'Wait, why my necks? Of course! The spinal cord and the cerebellum must also play a role-'
Her eyes shed blood tears while her throats tightened, making every breath a wheezing gasp. Bone spikes erupted from her spines, piercing her flesh open with wounds.
'Gods, no!' Faluel lost her proto-Dragon Eyes and felt an immense bloodlust rise in her gut. The newfound insights about the arrays' runes faded at the edges of her consciousness, replaced by a violent hunger.
