After recovery, Gale asked to try once more,
"I promise I won't hold you back again!" they swore.
Vakarine and Mantis exchanged an quiet look,
Gale's determined to succeed by hook or by crook,

Better they two go with them than someone else worse.
...And so Oneiros followed the paths they traverse,
Planning revenge on Gale, descendant of heroes,
Though long dead, they would regret crossing Oneiros.

Though he did not breathe, he still became rather tense,
He felt stirring a magic compulsion intense.
In the group, Mantis seemed to sense something as well.
"Keep an eye out," they softly did the warning tell.

And soon the three (four) encountered odd residue.
Oneiros, familiar, wondered what they would do,
But he had no intentions to step in, not yet,
'Twas vital he time his entrance for the stage set.

Vakarine sensed magic, the more close that they got,
But she had no spells to counter, instead she fought.
"We need our wills strong," she tried to give this advice...
Was it too late and would they three all pay the price?