The night was descending, and a bright moon seemed to peek at some forbidden beauty on earth, shyly hiding behind the clouds.
In February, the chill in the Imperial Capital was still severe, turning water to ice. Vapor slowly rose from the forest, and when it met extremely low air currents during its ascent, they compressed and collided, rapidly expanding and tearing a narrow opening in the soft clouds, flooding in droplets and ice crystals that moved back and forth quickly, forming hail clouds.
