'It's just like that time.'
Malakai's perception of the world had shifted.
He had been moments away from getting his chin pierced by Aurelia's blade, only to feel a warmth spreading through him, followed by an overwhelming surge of power.
It was something he had felt before. Once. When he had been returning from his last mission at the Blackreach.
Back then, Malakai had been ambushed by the Maugrim and forced to run. He had just killed the Genesis stage Evolvers that were sent after him and had been trying to get away before he could be caught.
He had reached inside for power, just like today, and something had answered.
'The life essence.'
Malakai instinctively knew. Back then, he had considered the surge of power a fluke, especially when he returned to the clan and tried to call upon it again, only for nothing to happen.
It hadn't answered him then, but right now, when he was on the verge of losing, it had.
