Chapter 28 - Chapter 28 – The Black Moon disease

They washed and then buried Ogai's body in a white shroud in front of the Coral, their hearts heavy with grief. It was hard for any of them to imagine that beneath that pile of damp earth lay their guide. This unforgiving land had ultimately covered him as it had once given him life. As he often said, especially after leaving Arcadia: "The earth has no heart, yet man returns to it as if it were his own mother."