Duality: the World of Lies

Authors: Paul Barufaldi

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“His eyelids closed and opened several times in groggy confusion. The drifting scent of sandalwood incense gently wafted in the still air. He felt warm and clean and dry. His eyes burst open in sudden awareness of his waking state. He was in one of a dozen rustic wooden beds with straw-stuffed mattresses, blanketed and loosely swathed in linens that covered an inner layer of bandaging over much of his body. Every muscle ached as he sat stiffly upright, and there was a tightness in his abdomen th...at turned to dull pain. On the simple wooden nightstand was a pitcher of water. His parched lips cracked as they opened to accept the liquid, which he drank all of in short order. His stomach immediately cramped, and he regretted acting so immoderately. A dozen beds in a chamber of crudely curved wall and ceiling, as though it had all been chiseled within living wood. The Tree! Yes, his mind was now reluctantly recalling the hellish night that had led him there. Comparatively speaking, he felt quite well.MoreLess Read More Read Less