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"Long the ship fell partially submerged within the waters of the sea, which had become a white sheet. The waters of the sea and even the air fell together with the ship, and there was little breeze. The ship tumbled, resting on nothing, and the crew felt no weight. They floated freely in the air, as though swimming under water, but some sailors floated far away from their ship.

"A small but constant breeze broke the sea sheet into globes of water, some the size of a man's head, others the size of a barn. Fish were seen swimming in many of these balls of water, and when the rations aboard the Will ran out these fish were the only source of food.

"But none of the doomed angels, nephilim, and men suffered thirst as is common among marooned sailors of Earth. Thalury is a freshwater sea. As the crew continued to fall, the dark underside of Kemen became visible overhead like the inside of a mask.

"The breeze blew the globes of water far apart one from the other and the heat of the two suns caused them to shrink until none of the water globes which remained near the ship held living fish. The survivors began to starve, and they pondered killing each other for meat.

"By the time the sailors were desperate enough to become cannibals they were too weak to successfully attack each other or do anything more than make pitiful moans. Then came the final days when they passed from the living one by one, according to their remaining strength.

"The sailors found that death was not the end. They awoke in new bodies untouched by scars of battle or the lash, looking down upon The Land We Know from the very rim of the Southern Ice. The sailors who tarried at the edge heard feeble voices carried by the wind through a trick of sound reflecting on the precipice. Ever they walked the ramparts of Kemen hoping to hear the voices of their loved ones, and when they did they deemed it bittersweet.

"As time went on the newly dead found they were forgotten by their friends and even their loved ones sooner than they would have liked. The more impact a person had in their life the more fragments they heard so they lingered more, but the humble accepted the truth sooner.

"At great length nearly all the dead came off the precipice and rested on the narrow lawn behind it.