After Valmus sorted out his exchange with the overseer he immediately went to to sleep, not before informing his shadow to alert him Incase of anything.
Valmus lay down, using his hands as a pillow. Not thinking too much about anything he emptied his mind and stared into the black sky and drifted into sleep. The sound of the undulating waves was, actually, quite relaxing and soothing.
After a while with his eyes closed and mind blank, time passed swiftly, the minutes merged together, growing into hours until finally his shadow stirred.
… Suddenly, Valmus opened his eyes at the behest of his shadow and caught a change in the sound of the sea. It was as though something was shifting, he groggily opened his eyes and noticed that one corner of the sky was slowly turning grey. Soon, a glimpse of a pale sun could be seen rising above the horizon.
A new day had come to the starless void.
And with it, the dark sea suddenly surged.
