Waking Up

"What?" Adam and Chase exclaimed, not expecting to hear such words.

"As expected of the Eyes of Heavenly Truth," the voice replied, "Only such eyes could see through everything, my own creations included."

Shock appeared on Iris's face as she heard the voice speak of her eyes, which had finally been named to her for the first time. Her shock rose once more as the hazy cloud within John's body slowly vanished, as if it never existed. Iris closely inspected the area where it used to be, and could no longer detect it.

Clearly the entity that was speaking had shrouded the thing within John's body further, hiding it even from Iris's gaze. 

"What…what do you want? Why won't you let us heal him?" Iris asked, ignoring the urge to ask about the Eyes of Heavenly Truth, and instead decided to focus on John once more.

"By doing so, you are only hurting him more than you are helping him," the mysterious voice replied once more.