The horror and influx of negative emotions caused her to falter in her attempts to retreat. No wonder he hated dogs, no wonder he was so terrified of them. He had watched them tear apart someone he loved. Then a force shoved at her, like a strong wind and the Void's hold weakened. The force grew stronger, punctuated by words in Jacob's voice. The Void released the memory, gripping Jacob's essence, his consciousness in an attempt to stay, but the only result was that he was being dragged with them, back through flashes of unintelligible words and blurry sights. Then the Void screeched in triumph as the man was drawn through the path with them, but it's triumph shifted to panic as they suddenly dropped into darkness.

Amos, what are you doing? The voice would be familiar to Jacob as that of Valdis, but younger and filled with fear.