Chapter 606: I don’t feel so good
“So I’m worried,” Sofia finished her explanation, “Either something followed me in and now has access to that weird hand, or something was already in and might have followed me out…”
“Hmm… I wonder,” Alith said after some reflection, maybe there was someone next to you in the ‘real’ world, and they somehow didn’t appear in the light?”
“Or maybe it was a ghost!” Bookie suggested.
“Come on Bookie, I’m a ghost. If that was it I would have noticed, trust me. Unless it was and still is trapped in there,” Alith said, patting him on the shoulder.
“Wait, you can still see into the spirit realm right now?” Sofia asked.
“Nope, but you learn to, uh… Feel? Things, when you keep on switching between the two as often as I did. Which leads me to my own findings. The people in the village, they’re proper people. By that I mean they actually have a soul. I don’t know what to make of it, but they have it.”
“If we had a way to access the village without entering the light world, then maybe we’d understand what’s going on here… Either way, it sure didn’t sound like these people were trapped there for thirty thousand years.”
“It also sounded like they were preparing for some kind of disaster,” Alith remarked, “If the disaster is what the outside world looks like right now, well… I don’t know. What if like… They’ve been ‘preparing’ for the festival forever and like, the day never ends? There doesn't seem to be a real sun anywhere in the sky after all,” Alith said, looking up at the unchanging blue sky.
“Maybe… I was thinking they’re maybe stuck in some kind of time loop like I was once… But that doesn’t seem right, considering the world outside just keeps going, and the Deep would have certainly intervened long ago if that was it.”