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2024-10-29 19:42:56The veil was so thin under that roof, that when the old woman took Camael’s hand and pulled him towards her and inside the vertex, he didn’t feel like crossing anything at all.
If anything, he felt the cold, snowy breeze burning down his cheeks. He was standing in a seemingly ever green plain, with breathtakingly beautiful mountains in the background. There was a very large river in front of him, flanked by high stone walls in the distance, and he admired the sight with fully open eyes, as to not miss a single aspect of that landscape.
The old woman looked at him and said,
“I’m not allowed to accompany you on this part of your path, but I’ll be here, waiting until you fully comprehend your role, and come to me so that we can come back to each of our own worlds.”
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