Two years and one month after David's "launch into the sky" from the Anauroch Great Desert in Ferren, he awoke from his suspended sleep for the first time. Before him lay the purest body of water amidst the sea of stars, tranquil like a colorful marble resting on a dark tabletop.
This was also the first gravitational slingshot acceleration point he had reached—Carpei.
Thus, the glyphs on David's body slowly lit up at his will, and six crimson beams erupted from his wings, propelling him towards Carpei with increased speed.
As he drew nearer, he finally got a first-person view of this landless yet stunningly pure planet. Its entire surface displayed three distinct colors: icy polar regions, the azure of the middle latitudes, and the verdant green of the equatorial Sargassum belt.
"Too bad I don't have time to explore and linger here," he thought.
