…I investigated the cleft, which opened deep into a buried ledge. It was the lip of a ravine that had been partially covered with fill, probably from when they built the tank. There was room enough for me to crawl inside up to my waist. I entered, hoping a skunk family hadn't taken up residence there. With the aid of my penlight I made out what seemed to be the root structure of a huge, ancient tree. Tangled among the roots I spotted shards of bone. Reaching farther I recovered most of the back of a skull, a partial jawbone and a complete arm bone. I pushed them out the hole and then pulled myself out.

It had become night. The stars spun in place accompanied by a cavalry charge of comets. Twelve moons in various phases arched across the sky. Rhiannon was naked. Her body glowed and her hair floated weightless.

She said in a voice not her own, "You were the only one, the only one who remained faithful to me."

I embraced her and realized I was naked, too. We lay upon the ground still clutching each other. The sky began to spin. The next thing I recall is watching myself with Ree, but it wasn't us.