her aura becomes translucent and its brightness develops elements of a dull grey as she continues , one minute we were in the hub waiting for the ports to return to the astra and the next moment we were in encased and my astral sense became weak , achachak and lai were barely recognizable despite being next to me , i remember ... feeling like i was entombed- ' 'no , you must be mistaken , what attacked us was living , thinking .