Beyond the land was a dark abyss, though he could pick out a curious dividing line. Like the surface of the ocean, separating the sky from the waters. You could see it if you looked hard, and there was a…distortion below. It seemed like water; his brain said it was water. But when he dipped his hand down, he couldn’t feel it. It was the ghost of an ocean, mostly transparent, extending into the infinite distance. This was what he had to cross.
