The fungus has a presence in your mind again. Does this have something to do with the barnacles? Or has it just found a way to contact you?
The fungus itself is remaining silent. So maybe “contact” isn’t the right word. It’s more like it’s watching you. To what end, you couldn’t say.
That is, until you follow the barnacles a little further, and the fungus starts vibrating in a way that actually causes you pain. You move backwards, and it stops. It apparently doesn’t think you should keep going.
And you think you know why. There’s a lot of ether flowing towards that spot. Even more than for Shume’s gateway spell. You barely held onto your sense of self when that spell was cast in your presence – this would have been even stronger.
But what kind of spell could be so powerful? You focus your mind on the ether, to get a better sense of what types are involved.
Well, there’s wind ether, for one