Dario nodded. ‘It’s the barrier stopping us from going beyond this world into the heavenly realms.’
‘What?’ Mina was astonished to hear this.
‘The upper reaches of Tarya are where the Creator resides. You know that?’
‘Of course.’
‘And we can’t reach those upper reaches while we’re alive.’
‘Right.’
‘Well the River of Light marks the boundary between the lower reaches and the upper. We can only pass through it when we die.’
‘But I have!’ Mina knew the Tales of Tarya. She knew about the great sparkling river over which the dead must cross to reach the realms of the Creator.
‘It can’t be that river! I’ve crossed it. Uberto has too! I spoke to him there.’
‘You must be wrong. None of us can pass through the river. None of us can even enter it. And think about it. It fits the stories. Yo
