A jewelled garden the envy of Aladdin's cave spilled across the courtyard.

His shout was a syllable so ancient and powerful that Saffiyah's mind instantly censored it.

The two seasons; deepest winter from above and nascent spring from below, created a juxtaposition that drew the

scene into the land of legend sitting only a heartbeat away behind a translucent river of time.

The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the

element had turned them into statues.

Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.

Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.