Artemis stared at it, confused. "Altered? What do you mean by this, O flying one?"
Friaz's seemed to be overcome by as much panic as was possible for a cloak to feel. "Oh no, I can't see it anymore, it's not there! The future has shifted! I can't see the outcome now…"
Artemis understood what he was saying. "So… you can't see the future? You mean you're even more worthless than you were before? " An angry look crossed her face. "Great… traveling with a worthless cape flapping in the breeze… Just great…"
Normally this would have gotten a reaction of anger, but Friaz did nothing, still obviously distraught. "This can't have happened again… last time it did…"
"Yes? I'm listening. Speak." Artemis seemed to be getting annoyed. "Or are you just going stand there, fluttering in the wind?" Her words seemed to bring him back from his momentary daze. He gave her a look that seemed to embody helplessness, and Artemis actually felt a twinge of sympathy for him.
"Artemis, I need your help now. If the future is shifted, then…" He trailed off as a horrified look grew on his face. "No! This can't… no!"
Artemis gave him a puzzled look. "Yes, Friaz? What is it this time?"
"Hold on a moment…" Friaz floated back from her a bit and did something very odd. He hovered closer to the ground and put his arms out to both sides and waved them around in the air a bit. As he did so the colors of the forest seemed to pitch and sway, as if light was having trouble deciding exactly what it was at the moment. The area around Friaz started to glow brightly, and he seemed to start to fade away from the world. He appeared to be almost gone, but suddenly, with a snap of color and sound, he came rushing back into reality and fell to his nonexistent knees. His whole cloaked form seemed to be racked with pain as it shivered violently. He let out an inhuman scream and seemed to flicker in and out of existence. Artemis stared to run over to him, but halted herself, aware that she could not help him at all. She looked on with alarm as he seemed to change, although how exactly was impossible to describe. After a moment, as the pain seemed to clear from him, he slowly stood back to his full height.
Terrified, Artemis ran over to him. "What happened? Are you alright?"
Friaz looked to her, seemingly weak and exhausted. "I… I can't believe it. This world has cut me off… I'm stranded here… I'm mortal…"