Echoes of the Unseen

Previously

…The creatures, too, seemed to carry a weariness. Their movements were slower, their luminescence less vibrant than Elara imagined it must have been. A profound sense of melancholy began to settle over her, a premonition of something precious fading away. As she stood there, a lone figure in this subterranean wonderland, a sense of awe mingled with a growing unease. The key in her hand pulsed, a steady, reassuring beat, but the world around her seemed to whisper of a fading magic, a forgotten promise. The echoes of the unseen, it seemed, were just beginning to make themselves heard.