Chapter 112 - Crystal Desert. (1)

Dawn in the foothills preceding the giants' territory was no gentle transition, but a violent rupture of the gloom. Light struck the mountainside with surgical intensity, bouncing off the surfaces of virgin snow until the terrain was transformed into a field of blinding mirrors. The uniform white of the early morning vanished, replaced by a topography of harsh contrasts where every ridge and irregular frost drift reflected the solar spectrum at unpredictable angles.