Emet-Selch's frown would certainly deepen into a valley if he knew the story of how the Ruin spell came to be inked upon his leg. Fortunately(?) the Bios tattoo on Rhea'li's lower back remains covered by his towel.

Rhea'li's ear twitches. "Is it like the bodies of the Scions pulled to the First? Soul intact but housed within a body that is not true?"