[The soul reaches out to them with caution again. It shows them both the Sea Dragon and the Emperor Leviathan. Both of them are in green light, but the Emperor vibrates with the Song while the Dragon has the Void Song instead.

Then it lets them feel its own consciousness. They are drowned in the life of every thing on the planet and feel the unity of every animal and plant, and even the water and ground. It could be vast and overwhelming, but they hopefully can find their focus in it because that isn't what the planet is trying to show them.

The part of that soul in the Emperor is warm and affectionate to them now, but the other half hates them. The torn consciousness of the planet is at war. To Sorey and Mikleo, this malevolence is as huge as half a planet. To Percy and Dirk, it's more confusion and self-hate than possible.

The planet soul pulls its mind away and repeats the feeling of cautiousness.]