When Akari's eyes darkened completely, she warned Sita, "Hang onto me...I'm...I'm gonna..."
But instead of climaxing as Sita might have expected, Akari was instead inadvertently using the power of psychic song to once again bring Sita into her mind. It was a vision of Gudaria: a world thousands of miles north and east of Klandeth, yet possessed of many mountains rivaling Klandethan herself, well-nourished by similar rains, and overcast by darkness long ago. And Sita would soon sense that this was the night Akari hid from Tyvanwek's forces, and let the Darkness overtake her at such a tender age for protection, including weaving a mask of shadow...a rarity for one not born into it.
Then she would rise up from under the dirt, and that they were both sitting under
a glowing tree at night.
"Ah! So I was right," Akari said, finally regaining some cohesion in her voice even as she felt the physical sensations of her body back. "Sex can cause visions for you. I wonder why you didn't have one when lying with Alice, or Sajida, but no matter."
"I havenβt been to the real tree in my hometown of Kuinghan since I was a kid,β her soul self continued, as her real self leaked Darkness essence everywhere and
The Song of Akari was faintly carried on the wind and the rustling of the leaves. βBut this tree, based off the real one I hid in the shadow of, is a construct where I go to meditate in my mind when things get too painful for me. Or, apparently, pleasurable. And now...remember how the Oracle said that my true love would join with me under the shade of this tree?
"I don't really know what the future holds for you, or what your vision with Crown Prince Henry has in store for any of us, but I realize now that we all must be linked together, our curses, powers, and hearts amplified by each other. As a result, while I don't know much about any of you...I want to find out more. And I feel that, perhaps, the Oracle was right all along. I'm excited at the possibility that my true love might embrace me here, in the most intimate sanctum sanctorum of my mind, under my conjuring of the tree."
Akari laid on her back now, just like she had when she was a girl, her soulβs manifestation of her panties disappearing under the skirt as her real body lay perfectly still as well.
βJoin with me here as well, darling,β Akari pleaded. βLet there be no doubt after tonight that broken hearts such as ours can become one.β