The transition back to the physical world was absolutely instantaneous. There was no terrifying sensation of falling through the void and no disorienting blur of shifting dimensions. Valeria simply closed her eyes in the infinite golden library and opened them to the bright, natural sunlight of the physical valley.
The heavy, comforting weight of her mortal body immediately settled back over her consciousness. She was sitting cross legged on the wooden porch of the manor, her celestial steel sword resting exactly where she had left it across her knees.
The immediate sensory contrast was breathtaking.
