Chapter 16: The Awakening

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​⁠I awoke, with a start. For a moment, I wondered where I was. Then memory came to me....

The room was still lit with that strange light—half-sun, half-moon, light. I felt refreshed, and the tired, weary ache had left me. I went slowly across to the window, and looked out. Overhead, the river of flame drove up and down, North and South, in a dancing semi-circle of fire. As a mighty sleigh in the loom