The light of Manu gradually illuminated the gloomy cave, but Mr. Scholar and the great dragon, led by Marcelo, took no delight in the spectacle. They had not witnessed the new radiance, but the ancient afterglow still flickered. At the end of the passage below, the light painted the cave's contours in purple, its intermittent brightness and darkness like breathing.
This purple glow was the light of gems, so intense that it illuminated the depths of the cave.
