Duncan led Alice back to the upper deck of the Homeloss—the cold Creation of the World still suspended high in the night sky.
Duncan thought he had been exploring inside the ship for a very long time, even suspecting that an entire night had passed, but now, looking at the deep night sky, he seemed to have only spent a few hours below.
Yet, it was during these mere hours that he witnessed such bizarre and extraordinary circumstances that left a lasting impression on him.
He still remembered the cabin with the inverted lights and shadows, and especially that door at the bottom of the hull...What exactly was behind that door?
Duncan's lantern had gone out, and together with the doll he slowly made his way to the captain's cabin, neither of them speaking much—the doll seemed to be rehearsing cooking in its head, while Duncan's attention was fixated on the deck structures around them.