The white veil swallowed them whole and Kain could only use his senses to try and navigate the group forward rather than in circles.
The effects of this light took a while to show, but once it did the change to the Vespid's was immediate.
Kain's bond with each Vespid trembled—flickering like candles in a storm. The clear, crisp clarity of his mental link grew muddled, sluggish. Commands were not disobeyed, but delayed.
But another minute longer and Kain's tertiary bond to the Vespids, completely shattered, lie glass under a hammer. The guards' disciplined formation collapsed instantly.
But they didn't fall, and after Kain repeatedly calling out instructions in a soothing voice they calmed down…slightly.
The guards buzzed in alarm, wings beating faster as if searching for reassurance that no longer came.
They were scared.
Their most important connection, to their Queen Mother, was gone. They had only Kain now.
