Kartora raised her hand casually and opened a shimmering portal.
Without hesitation, she took Daniel by the arm and stepped through it.
Immediately, Daniel felt as if the surrounding space-time had turned into a thick swamp.
The air grew viscous, his movements sluggish, and a suffocating stillness pressed against him from all sides.
When he finally regained awareness, he found himself gliding through the River of Time.
It was a peculiar sensation—especially because Kartora had frozen his personal time flow.
With his temporal state suspended, his consciousness felt lighter, and he could fully appreciate the breathtaking view of the Time River.
The two strolled side by side along the golden current.
Above them stretched a vast starry sky, its constellations sparkling in quiet majesty.
Below their feet flowed the radiant, mirror-like river—at once fluid and motionless, an eternal paradox.
