For a long time, I stared in wonder and fear at what had remained of whatever he was. My eyes were especially fixed upon the scroll, which appeared to beckon to me in some mysteriously irresistible way. Cautiously, I knelt down to touch it. As my finger brushed upon the parchment, the blue lightning, same as that had consumed the mysterious person moments ago, zigzagged through the scroll and sharply burned through my skin. I flinched, dipping my aching finger into the wetness of my mouth as I watched the lightning die down and the scroll beam in seemingly heavenly light.