He's back in the real world now, and with that realisation, Eichel feels his mind begin to clear, some of that primal fear fading away.
Some, but not all, and he's frozen once more as he catches sight of the unnatural wrongness in Heine's eyes. The dog had followed him. There's phantom pain at his wrists, at his ear, the memory of the dog's teeth and claws digging in like thorns.
But Eichel isn't without his own defences. They are at the heart of his home in Durmstrang, where his own power had long ago sunken into the stone beneath their feet and the walls around them, layers of magic built up over the years.
"I understand," he says quietly. It's not only fear holding him in place, now. There's fascination too, now that he can see Heine's curse unleashed and brought into the real world.
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Some, but not all, and he's frozen once more as he catches sight of the unnatural wrongness in Heine's eyes. The dog had followed him. There's phantom pain at his wrists, at his ear, the memory of the dog's teeth and claws digging in like thorns.
But Eichel isn't without his own defences. They are at the heart of his home in Durmstrang, where his own power had long ago sunken into the stone beneath their feet and the walls around them, layers of magic built up over the years.
"I understand," he says quietly. It's not only fear holding him in place, now. There's fascination too, now that he can see Heine's curse unleashed and brought into the real world.