[As they venture deeper into the realm, the air around them becomes heavy with a strange energy. Kaida begins to hear whispers, faint and distant, like echoes from another time.]

Whispers (in Kaida's mind):
"You do not belong here... You carry the weight of forgotten sins..."

Kaida (shaking her head, trying to block out the voices):
"I'm hearing things. Voices. From the past."

Aric (frowning):
"You're not the only one. I've been hearing things too... like fragments of memories."

Lira (uneasy):
"This place is messing with us. It's trying to get inside our heads."

[Suddenly, a distorted image flickers before them—an apparition of someone Kaida knows well. Her father, standing in front of the Skyward Project, just as he had been before his downfall.]

Kaida (stopping in her tracks, stunned):
"Father...?"

Apparition of Kaida's Father (coldly):
"You were always a disappointment, Kaida. You destroyed everything we worked for."

Kaida (shaken, stepping back):
"No. This isn't real."

[Aric reaches out, shaking her out of her daze.]

Aric (urgently):
"Snap out of it! It's not real—it's the realm, messing with your mind."

[Kaida takes a deep breath, steadying herself. The apparition vanishes, but the psychological toll of the vision lingers.]

Kaida (determined):
"Whatever this place is, it knows our fears. It's feeding off them."

Lira (grimly):
"Then we can't let it break us."