Chapter 58- Shadow and aura II
The abyss
stares back at us.
~Albert Camus
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As Medusa stepped into the right stone archway, the air enveloped her with the heavy smell of age. The pathway was cold and quiet throughout, but the silence was oppressive.
Indeed, there was nothing dissimilar about both stone arches, as their appearance mimed identical to one another.
The flame flickered again, this time stronger. Medusa whipped her head behind. The darkened path was partially due to the illumination produced by her torch.
She held it high, looking past the effulgence in an attempt to see beyond, through the darkness. It was the same silence and chillness, resembling her innermost self in response to her unexpressed alarm.
The passageway stretched down before her, a seemingly endless dark corridor punctuated only by the occasional glimmer of moisture on the stone as she ventured silently.