starting count: 73484
ending count: 73942
change: +458
starting line:
Edgar stepped back to the edge of the hall – Nikki had claimed the marble foyer as the only place she could spread out easily – and she rose to her feet, turning and pointing at the first candle.
ending line:
My sister.
darling:
She stood in a timeless place, in thin air; beneath her lay the chasm the spell had referred to, energies boiling and churning in a never-ending river of Power. All around her, silvery-grey cords stretched as far as her eyes could see, a living web of magic with flames at nearly every juncture. Most were small, but there were four pillars of multicolored fire, much like the orb that had consumed her.
ending count: 73942
change: +458
starting line:
Edgar stepped back to the edge of the hall – Nikki had claimed the marble foyer as the only place she could spread out easily – and she rose to her feet, turning and pointing at the first candle.
ending line:
My sister.
darling:
She stood in a timeless place, in thin air; beneath her lay the chasm the spell had referred to, energies boiling and churning in a never-ending river of Power. All around her, silvery-grey cords stretched as far as her eyes could see, a living web of magic with flames at nearly every juncture. Most were small, but there were four pillars of multicolored fire, much like the orb that had consumed her.