[The moment Era's finger meets the rune, the image flashes through her mind. Sudden. Vivid. Brilliant white, almost searing against the usual noise of her own thoughts.
It overwhelms her senses for a moment. A glow, blotting out the feel of greenery growing under her fingertips, the happiness of her marriage, the scent of the forest around her. The corners, the edges. The shape. It's now indellible in her mind's eye. She'll never forget.
—and the next moment, it's over. Her mind is quiet. The forest returns around her, green, punctuated by birdsong. The mark she had touched on the tree has nearly disappeared from sight.]
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It overwhelms her senses for a moment. A glow, blotting out the feel of greenery growing under her fingertips, the happiness of her marriage, the scent of the forest around her. The corners, the edges. The shape. It's now indellible in her mind's eye. She'll never forget.
—and the next moment, it's over. Her mind is quiet. The forest returns around her, green, punctuated by birdsong. The mark she had touched on the tree has nearly disappeared from sight.]