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Focus powers Third Sight, Mind Veil and Thought Edge. It returns slowly on its own, a little with every sword hit, and quickly when a dodge carries you through an attack: that is an Evade, and it also builds Resolve and briefly slows the world.

Third Sight is always half awake: every foe you can see shows a faint telegraph before it strikes. Cast it to slow the world around you, reveal foes hiding in plain sight, and lay every intent bare, even through stone.

Mind Veil blinks you away and leaves an afterimage. Foes lose you for a moment and turn on the afterimage instead, and any that strike it are stunned. Thought Edge sends a crescent wave through everything in its path. It ignores armour and Fractures what it cuts: Fractured foes attack each other and take more damage. A longer charge makes a larger wave that travels farther.

Resolve builds as you fight, dodge and take hits. When it is full, Pale Wings unfurl: feather blades circle you, homing feathers seek the nearest foe, and blows land softer.

Descend by standing on the glowing stair sigil. Every fifth floor, something guards it. On Quiet and Veiled the start of every floor is a checkpoint you can return to after a fall. On Hollow and Unveiled you have one life.