In the snowy desert of his subconscious- his Aethyr space, it was fading, reverting to barren emptiness. The childlike goddess appeared, sighing and shaking her head, "I knew it would come to this, sooner or later," She snapped her fingers. The blizzard returned, but with it came something dark and menacing, "I wanted to wait until he was fully ready, but I can't have him die now, can I?" With a giggle, she let a black fog swallow the sky, turning the sun a bloody red and the world became unbearably, painfully cold. In the cavern, Mars’s eyes flew open, hissing as the light stung his eyes. A thin, crystalline layer of ice sheathed his hands and legs, and cold steam emanated from his body as he slowly, painfully, rose to his feet. Unis, startled, tried to kick him down and stab him again, but Mars willed two swords into existence. One of pure, diamond-like white ice, the other of night-black ice wreathed in crackling Khaos energy. The mindless shifters recoiled,
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