“I’m sure you have a lot of questions, Niel.”

I slowly turned to face Amaziel, thinking, “I sure do. How did that soldier’s arrow not hit me? Is there a protective circle around the entire jungle, keeping people in? But then, how did we get out? How did we fit through those narrow gaps between the guardian trees?” I opened my mouth, but before any of the questions made it to my tongue, I saw what was behind Amaziel.

My mouth hung open in awe.

There were colors I didn’t even know existed. I didn’t know their names then, but I knew they weren’t green or brown. I saw green trees, but they didn’t block the sky. I could actually see the sun, not just parts of its light that sneaked into the jungle but the actual ball that gav...

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