"Anyone with a high fever will feel groggy." Lynch took out a few strawberries: "You were seriously ill, and as for why you got sick, that's something I'm trying to figure out. But since you're already recovering, don't think too much about it."
"Hmm!" Soka looked at the strawberries and nodded vigorously.
Lynch used the Powerful Wand to gently stir the river, making the small boat glide like a leaf on the water's surface. The Erutalon River became narrower and narrower, branching into countless tributaries, spreading like a spider's web across the land of Moon. Dense trees grew along the riverbanks, with enormous canopies extending above the river, covering over Lynch and the others. The dappled sunlight streamed through the leaves, illuminating the gently rippling water with a silver glow.
Soka felt they were not sailing on the river but drifting gently through the forest.
