Introduction: "Far Away in the Night"
Stars flew through the void like fireflies swarming, and if they were fleeing something, it could well be believed. Something was further on, in that perfect darkness of cold space, coming closer, searching for something. Though fear was tightening its grip around her heart, she had to probe further, learn what she could from this alarming sensation. And then the stars stopped. Looming before her was a darkness too perfect for space. No stars beyond, no reflection, yet something was there, just in front of her.
A great claw burst out of the darkness, onyx shadow itself, with rending talons glistening in faint starlight as they came clutching in around her, a horrible, haunting, rumbling sound coming from the massive limb's source. She didn't have time to think or react, it was rushing in, closing… Gone.
Seem opened her eyes with a controlled gasp. She was seated on a high ledge of the old Precursor temple, facing toward the distant volcano. Clearly, she had been meditating, her straight back and crossed legs implying it by posture. "It's coming… and something is drawing it to this place…"
Her troubled eyes turned down across the desert, warm wind brushing against her face, whistling slightly around her Precursor armor and water-proofed body suit. It was near dawn, the sky just starting to tint blue off to the East. And then, the young monk looked to the sky, the orange and gold face-paint, framed with white, just becoming clearer with daylight. "Why here…?"
She rose to her feet, and swiftly returned to the temple's interior. More had to be learned.
