![]() ![]() ![]() However, when they arrive where they believe it is, the ship is torn asunder and the bearded man explains to the narrator that he has abandoned Land of Sona-Nyl for a place that is exclusive to the gods and he cannot get there. They follow the bird again back out into the sea and travel for days before encountering signs that they are approaching Cathuria. He insists on going there and the bearded man warns him increasingly that no one returns from such a place so one can never be sure just what awaits them. But the narrator isn't content and wishes to seek out the land of Cathuria, where the gods live. The narrator doesn't take the offer initially, but eventually journeys out to the ship and together they follow a bird to magical and haunting lands until their settle at the Land of Sona-Nyl, a wondrous place where people are content. One night, he sees the white ship and a bearded man on deck invites him upon the ship from afar. He also explains that he is lured to the ocean by its secrets and what it reveals to him. ![]() Yet, there is a white ship that regularly crossed the horizon every so often. However, the ships are far and few in his day. The nameless narrator talks about his legacy as a light-house operator and how his grandfather, his father, and he have been operating it over the years. ![]()
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