The silence was absolute.
When Leo used Echoes of the Unforgotten, his mind left his body behind. Sound, light, and weight stopped existing. There was only a vast, freezing void of endless darkness where his soul hung in place. He took a breath in his mind, forcing his focus to sharpen.
I need to be careful, Leo warned himself.
This wasn't the first time Leo had seen someone else's memories. But every time before had been different, and none of them prepared him for this.
The first time, he had seen the memories of the original Leo von Celestial, the boy whose body he now lived in. He saw his past, his pain, his failures, and his regrets. The second time, he watched Mia's past like a ghost, seeing her memories play out like a silent picture from far away.
The third time was back in the Sealed Valley, when he burned the grief of the weeping knight statue with his soul flames. That one act was what gave him Echoes of the Unforgotten in the first place.
