Bab 489: Intermission: Luna's Imagination

But as I turn around, the heart of this realm comes into view—an embodiment of life and nature's reclamation. The beach itself seems to come alive, its sands rippling and shifting with an almost sentient awareness. A wave of horrifying centipede-like creatures emerges from the ground while the ocean in the far expanse begins to bubble with anticipation. 

The ocean's surface ripples and quivers with a disquieting anticipation, as if nature itself holds its breath. A distant murmuring, a growing crescendo of turmoil, resonates through the air. The once serene horizon is distorted by an ominous bulge, only to be later discovered as a monstrous wall of water ascending from the depths with an insatiable hunger. And tying all of this together was the sunlight's glint off the swelling mass, casting an eerie shimmer across its undulating surface.