Now, the plant referred to as the "Sorin Giant Tree" was before Andresha's eyes.
She lay in a room specially prepared for convalescence, located on the west side of the Old Sorin Fort, once the property of the local leader. Many of the elaborate decorations of the past still remained, now accompanied by some modern furnishings. Beside her was a very tall crystal window, through which she could see an endless stretch of green.
It was the canopy of the Sorin Giant Tree, or strictly speaking, the bottom edge of the canopy—an unimaginable expanse of branches and leaves sprawling in layers, like a green ocean suspended in the sky, filling Andresha's vision. Its scale was so immense that sunlight was completely obscured by the canopy; the closer to the center of the Sorin Giant Tree, the more scarce sunlight became, and the entire area directly beneath the canopy was thus enveloped in a long-lasting night sky—originally meant to be so.
