An hour later, the notifications finally stopped, and Reidar watched the interface for a full minute to make sure the red text would not flash again.
While the temperature remained hot, resembling a sweltering summer day in the tropics, the searing, oven-like intensity had vanished, and the air felt thinner and less choked with particulates.
"Land," Reidar said, and as the raven descended, it flared its wings to break its speed before touching down on a grey stone plateau.
After sliding off his mount and feeling his boots crunch against the gravel, he took a deep breath that still tasted weird because of the planet's chemicals but that at least no longer burned his lungs.
He dismissed the raven to conserve his mana and sat on a flat rock to focus, closing his eyes to shift his perspective from his body into the network of minds he controlled.
