dafeeeeeeeeeesh gearshift48
The being follows the pace of Coltan and the clone, as to keep an exact distance between them.
YOU MAY WALK FOR AN ETERNITY AND YOU SHALL NOT LEAVE MY PALACE
BUT I DO NOT HAVE AN ETERNITY TO SPARE
WITH THOSE WHO THINK THEY CAN FOOL ME
MAKE YOUR DECISION, OR I SHALL MAKE IT FOR YOU
It is at this moment that Coltan realizes that, he isn't even truly attached into the clone again, but instead, was just juxtaposed with the clone, it seems that he can transit the area just as easily with or without the clone making him manifest, though no corporeal body is present. Yet another thing is that, whence they turned around, the stone and the being followed their sight, still standing on their front, Coltan could feel that he could easily enter the slit of the stone, maybe that's what the being intended with "Dawn the sword"? It'd make sense since he had technically been a sword for so long.
As for both Coltan and the Clone, they feel as though the ground is starting to actively drag them down, even Coltan's ethereal form can feel that, time seems to be running out.