Everything

Viewed through the Vidare Spiritus, the Penumbra shines in luminous fog. During the day, the sun’s faint illumination turns that mist to a glow; at night, moonlight illuminates the shining shadows. Man-made structures sometimes disappear when you shift from our world to this one. Remember that construction site? Look – it’s gone now. In its place, there’s a ghost of the ice cream parlor that stood there for 40 years. And that’s one of the tricks this Velvet Shadow plays: the Penumbra shows the memory of places, the spirit of them, more than the concrete “reality” of them in the mortal realm. Once again, the word “reality” belongs in quotes. Getting hung up on preconceived notions of what’s supposed to be real in this world is a very good way to get lost.