The surface world

Finally, we arrived at the end of the road. There was an extremely large wooden door blocking the end of the tunnel. Kholgaik reached into a bag and started handing something out to everyone. Bekhi passed one to me.

“Here, Kvalinn. Put these on.” It turned out to be a set of extremely darkened sunglasses. They weren’t exactly cool shades to wear outside, but instead they were similar to driver's goggles that were worn before cars were made with roofs. Being held together with string and leather.

“Since you’ve never been to the surface before, the sudden transition from dark to light could permanently blind you. So keep the sun shielders on during the daytime until your eyes adjust. Although it might be time to go home by that time.”

With the goggles on in the dark tunnel, I couldn’t see anything so I had to hang onto the wagon for guidance. The rest of the guards and drivers were in a similar position so we must have looked quite comical.

Kholgaik confirmed that everyone had their
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