Northern stared at the long list of talents he had gathered over two years, surprise flickering across his face.
"Wow. I really do forget."
He was seated at the edge of a hexagonal pit. The pit itself was deep and fiery, its walls radiating a reddish glow while vapor rose in waves that warped the air above. The heat shimmered and danced, distorting the far walls into something almost liquid. Beside Northern sat a basket of blue glowing materials.
He swiped away the holographic screen and stood at the edge of the depth, peering into it with a wrong glee on his face.
"Looking nice."
Northern exhaled and leaped into the fiery pit with an indifferent gesture, as if he was merely jumping into a river.
He landed in the fiery depth. The space warped with steam and the heat was strong enough to incinerate metal ten diameters thick in a matter of seconds, but Northern felt nothing. It was slightly warm, yes, but aside from that it was as normal as it was outside this place.
