The rate at which the sky glowed a dull yellow became more and more frequent as time went on.
Whisker failed to understand what was going on. Neither Pearl nor the Playground spirit understood it either. What they did understand was the changes that came with those frequent glowing skies.
The temperature of the secret realm began to increase at a slow rate. It was a very minor change at first, but Whisker had been able to notice it quite instantly.
His whiskers allowed him to sense aura that would otherwise be impossible for others to sense even with their spiritual sense.
"Heat?" Alex asked, listening to Whisker's story. "The thing you're talking about is the temperature rising?"
"Uhh, partly," Whisker said. "It's much hotter now than it used to be just 15 years ago."
"Hotter? Now?" Alex frowned. If he was reading into Whisker's story correctly, things there aligned very well with when he ate Sunhearts.
