Deya went up along the spiral channel step by step. The light of the ever burning lamp was sprinkled on the rough masonry wall. The footsteps echoed in the empty and deep tower. The tower that should have been dead seemed to come alive with the footsteps, and became a terrible monster, and she had been eaten by the monster.
The spiral channel seems to be endless, and it will never end. Deya doesn't know how long she has been walking. Strangely, she remembered that she had never been to a similar place, but she had a strong sense of fixedness for each brick and stone here. Did she ever dream of this passage?
Or, is it this channel that dreams of her?
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