“A death-like slumber would overtake every living thing in those worlds,” Bastian said. “A…hibernation, of sorts. Some of the souls in it were preserved and would revive as soon as the magic shifted and the time to reawaken came; others would perish in the time between; and a chosen few were believed to be immediately transferred into the opposite world, to be given an opportunity to live in it as well…it’s an interesting thing to study, really, if you wanted to—”
