The air shifted.
A strong breeze greeted Laemno as the darkness of the altar receded, clearing his blurry eyes with the gentle light of early afternoon.
The muddy soil had changed to rocky ground at some point beneath his feet, and he smelled a hint of salt amidst the windy swirls, evoking familiar yet sorrowful memories of his previous life.
Still, the shoddy shores of Earth could not hope to compare to the sprawling sight before him.
Far underneath the jutting peak on which he had appeared, a half-submerged city of sapphire-carved domes and pale, concrete-sculpted structures extended as far as the eye could see. The glimmering stream of the Flickering Sea ran through raised canals wider than the Hallowed Road, coiling around the tall buildings in a mind-numbing feat of engineering.
