Apparently life was an option thanks to an unhealthy amount of luck! The explosion had hit everywhere except against Timothy.
He was at a pocket of water where the light didn't hit. It had specifically gone around that pocket, therefore allowing the hero to escape unscathed!
This streak of luck lasted for a good second, but it felt quite like an entire millennia because the scene was just too beautiful. Timothy had utterly underestimated how many shades the white colour could have!
The scene was so magnificent, that he forgot to be stressed or scared about this whole dilemma. Those emotions had gone quite below the sand. The hero felt as if his soul had been ripped off his body, in quite a nice and comforting way so to say.
It was an odd result at least, but thankfully he was still alive - so that was one thing less to worry about.