Chapter Twenty-Two
Insight
Alone on a craggy northern island of the Southern Archipelago, Huldar hunkered down beside a mighty waterfall and watched the dawn light flood beneath a pall of inky dark clouds. In an instant, squalls of rain were transformed into shining capes. Wildlife filled the air with chirps, wails and ratcheted clacking. The roar of the falls thundered through his body. Rain bucketed down, running freely over his face from the edge of his hood. He cleared his eyes with one hand and stared into the braided chasm below. Thick mist sparkled between long fingers of shadow, but it was not just the dawn that flashed among the droplets.
All around him, up and down the length of the canyon, small blue lizards darted in fits and starts from crevices where they made their homes.
