It wasn't just the new tag-along, ragtag group that was surprised by the next events. Even Alex, who had become quite stoic and absolutely silent since they entered the pyramid, was rendered speechless.
They began to move from puzzle to puzzle as though it was nothing more than a joke. They blazed through the dangers so quickly and suddenly that often they didn't even get a chance to observe before Sylas had already seen through the solutions and led them through.
By this point, even the black mirror world had become simple to navigate. None of them could tell how Sylas chose the next node to enter, but there was something about his method that seemed holistic and so sure that they didn't even have it in themselves to second guess it.
This latter half that should have taken substantially more time became like a game. They refueled their stamina and health far faster than they used it up, and not a single one of them ended up with new injuries or extra fatigue.
