On the other side of the exit that Jamie had created lay a sunlit forest. Beams of light filtered through gaps in the trees, and droplets of morning dew shimmered on the grass.
The two of them walked forward, the woman humming a tune to herself.
"Oh my, this looks like water, but it's actually liquefied magic power. How dense must the magic have been for it to liquefy in such a large quantity?"
The woman spoke as she crouched down to touch it, naturally pulling Jamie along with her, as she still clung to his arm.
"I recognize this."
"You do?"
Jamie asked, and she nodded.
"Touching it filled my head with an array of images that seem to be my memories."
She looked up at the sun through the gaps in the trees, a small smile tugging at her lips.
"My home world, this was.
The tale goes that a god died in battle against a demon. The magic power exuded from his corpse was so potent that it coagulated and formed this lake before us.
