Spook's Destiny
“Could this really be the dark? I wondered. It certainly wasn’t what I’d anticipated. But Pan was right. This had been my biggest fear of all – to be dragged off to the dark after my death. But I had expected the Fiend to do that.
‘I didn’t expect the dark to be like this,’ I said, my voice hardly more than a whisper.
‘That’s because it isn’t the dark,’ Pan replied sweetly.
‘But you just said it was …’ ‘Listen to me carefully, boy. I said it’s a place that you call the dark. In truth, this is a ...shadow world that lies between Limbo and the dark itself. It is a resting place. To me it is the Hollow Hills, but is called Tech Duinn by the people of Ireland – or sometimes the Otherworld. Their gods like this place – as do their dead heroes. But most humans can’t stay here for long – their memories bleed away into the silver light and they are lost for ever. Only heroes can endure. But you needn’t fear that now, because only your soul is here. Your body is back on the platform with that reeking animal.’ ‘The Morrigan?MoreLess
‘I didn’t expect the dark to be like this,’ I said, my voice hardly more than a whisper.
‘That’s because it isn’t the dark,’ Pan replied sweetly.
‘But you just said it was …’ ‘Listen to me carefully, boy. I said it’s a place that you call the dark. In truth, this is a ...shadow world that lies between Limbo and the dark itself. It is a resting place. To me it is the Hollow Hills, but is called Tech Duinn by the people of Ireland – or sometimes the Otherworld. Their gods like this place – as do their dead heroes. But most humans can’t stay here for long – their memories bleed away into the silver light and they are lost for ever. Only heroes can endure. But you needn’t fear that now, because only your soul is here. Your body is back on the platform with that reeking animal.’ ‘The Morrigan?MoreLess
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