We wound our way through more tunnels, the floor gradually sinking us deeper into the giant's skeleton. Cut into some of the bone-white walls were large squares with ornate bone handles. If I happened to pull one, I was sure a dead body would be lying within. It didn't bother me to be surrounded by so much death. If anything, I found it fascinating.
"So the shadows really start down here, a concentration of black magic residue so thick, not even the whitest magic will light the space." Ramsey shivered hard. "Remember the graveyard with cages? The cages contained the shadows rolling off of those graves, but we felt them, that cold, terrible feeling. You feel it now, right?"
I nodded, even though I didn't. Darkness choked the area ahead, but it didn't feel awful at all. The darkness welcomed me, wrapped me up in a pleasantly cool embrace, and I hadn't even started shadow-walking yet.