The warrior of light unwittingly takes a false step and plunges into the abyss.
Ghosts frighten him and solitude torments him. His aim had been to fight the Good Fight, and he had never imagined that this would happen to him, but it did. Shrouded in darkness, he makes contact with his master.
‘Master, I have fallen into the abyss,’ he says. ‘The waters are deep and dark.’
‘Remember one thing,’ replies his master. ‘You do not drown simply by plunging into water, you only drown if you stay beneath the surface.’
And the warrior uses all his strength to escape from his predicament.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
by Paulo Coelho
