The sensation of traveling through the BloodGate was unlike anything Grim had ever experienced. It was as if his body was being dissolved at the molecular level, every atom pulled apart and examined before being reassembled. Colors that had no names in any language flashed past his eyes and sounds that existed in dimensions humans weren't meant to perceive echoed through his consciousness.
Time seemed to stretch and compress simultaneously. He felt as though he was falling for hours while knowing intellectually that only seconds were passing. Beside him, Lin's presence was both comforting and terrifying—he could sense her thoughts and feelings while they were in the BloodGate.
Then, suddenly, they were through.
