"Where am I?" you ask groggily, but your eyes widen as you realize you are no longer dreaming and are lying there nude. "Did you do this?!" you ask, leaping to your feet, staring at the young man facing you who just removed his cloak.
Before you have a chance to interrogate him further, the man waves his hand, drawing with a finger in midair. The figure which he creates glows strangely, but before you have the time to wonder whether you are on some sort of movie set or being pranked, the blazing character flies towards you and brands itself on your chest as you doubled over in pain. Unable to speak, you gasp for air and writhe on the ground. As the pain finally began to subside, you squint up through a teary eye at the young man, who simply stands there silently with his eyes shut as though he were meditating. Suddenly, he opens his eyes and looks at you sharply while exhaling.
"It seems the linking worked," you hear him mutter to himself. "Female, but the soul is compatible." You are not sure what this means, but you don't trust this guy.
"What...did you do to me?" you ask between heaving breaths. Ignoring your question, the man walks up to you.
"Stand," he orders matter-of-factly, and although you are disinclined to do anything this strange fellow tells you, your body obeys. You stand facing the man in your birthday suit as he grasps your chin and looks you over as though you were a piece of merchandise. "Well, beggars can't be choosers," he says blandly and you bristle at the words, fairly certain they are no compliment to you. "I guess we'll test your capabilities later," he finishes, and then with no warning, reaches out and points a finger directly at the brand on your chest, touching it.
The sensation you feel next cannot be clearly described in words. The nearest thing you can compare it to was the feeling you had when you went on your first roller coaster that had a loop in it. For a moment, the world seems almost inverted and your limbs lacked their usual weight. When the unsettling feeling ebbs, you realize that you are staring up at the man, who now appears like a giant, as you neatly fit in the cup of his hand. Looking down at yourself, you blink in disbelief. As hard as it is to comprehend, he has turned you into a...