After thinking about it for a while, Michael finally spoke.
"Stop resisting," he said calmly. "Try to leave the realm."
Arianne did not question him. She did not suspect anything. She assumed it was only a matter of timing. If she left first, she would simply see Michael outside a moment later.
"Alright."
Without hesitation, she reached down and drew her tamed beast closer to her side, placing a reassuring hand on its back as she relaxed her resistance and allowed the realm's expulsion force to take hold.
The reaction was immediate.
Pale light began to gather around her body. Thin threads of distortion formed along the edges of her silhouette as space itself started to pull her away.
But what happened next was something Michael had already expected.
The light intensified.
Then it flickered.
And stopped.
Just like Renn before her, the expulsion collapsed abruptly. The distortion vanished as if it had never existed.
Arianne looked around in confusion.
