A ring-shaped canal encircled this flower terrace. This canal exhibited a rich flare of manmade artifice; forged fully with gold, it emanated an exceptionally vivid golden luster of gems.
One could observe tiny ripples throughout the teurbid liquid coursing through this canal. The liquid was rather special, possessing a bright texture similar to that of mercury. A dim shimmer coated the liquid surface that wasn’t reflected light from its exterior, but a glow originating from within. That glow was starkly different to sunlight, it was gentle, viscous, faint and carried a tinge of violet.
Noteworthily, the source of the canal liquid was the mouths of those closely arranged skulls that enclosed the flower terrace. To explain it further, it could be described as the discharged excrement of the ‘Stairway of the Sun’, or saliva, perspiration in another context.
