Learning they were soon to arrive to their destination, Louis nodded and then he moved to his room to rest for the remaining time before they reached their destination.
While sitting in a lotus position on his bed, he focused inward, concentrating on his Fractured Fantasy Heart.
The Abyssal Dragon Tree of Ruin still resided there, though it remained in a weakened state. As he had suspected, recovery was difficult for this Grievance because it was fused with him.
Like Seraphine, Louis had become a "Half-Grievance" or "Fractured"—a rare type of Spiralwalker whose Fantasy Heart had shattered only partially, not completely, yet still enough to birth its own Grievance.
What fascinated him about Seraphine was that she did not merely harbor an internal Grievance. She could absorb fragments from others and cultivate them—treating them almost like pets.
"Well… aren't I doing something similar?"
