But its billows were resistless, invincible.
Beneath them we fell; were torn by desire for swift death.
Dimly, through fainting eyes, I saw a dazzling brilliancy fill the sky; heard with dying ears a chaotic, blasting roar.

A wave of air thicker than water caught us up, hurled us hundreds of yards forward.

It dropped us; in its wake rushed another wave, withering, scorching.
It raced over us.

Scorching though it was, within its heat was energizing, revivifying force; something that slew the deadly despair and fed the fading fires of life.
I staggered to my feet; looked back.

The veils were gone.