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Urich opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by darkness. The murky darkness stretched along the underground waterway, but there was no foul smell.
Hiss.
He stared into the darkness at a sound and saw yellow eyes gleaming.
Hiss.
Urich was not afraid.
An explorer did not fear ignorance and darkness as they were merely things for them to go toward and illuminate. Things that seemed scary were often not that big of a deal once actually approached, as was the case with the Sky Mountains.
No matter what the shamans said, beyond the mountains was the world of humans, and it was humans who lived in the world on the other side of the mountains, not gods.
‘The unknown, the unseen.’
These were the sources of fear.
‘The fear of death comes from not knowing what comes after.’
No one was afraid to fall asleep because they knew they would wake up the next morning, but death was a slumber without the certainty of waking up to see another day.
Those who feared death were those who had no certainty in their afterlife.
Splash.
Urich walked through the splashing sewer.
There was still no stench.
Hiss.
The hissing sound, which felt oddly familiar, continued in the blurry darkness.
Some tremble when encountering the unknown darkness and declare it a ‘taboo’ without even thinking to approach and confirm...
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