The Elemental Realms

Healing and Ice

Healing

Emerald green yoga mats are stacked beneath a tree. Dark-skinned women with wrinkled faces sell the mats. Everyone speaks in a low voice as to not disturb the harmony that rests in the air. Lotuses are sketched on every surface. The grass is jade green, and soft underfoot. A pond provides a home to many ducks, and frogs leap nimbly from water lily to water lily. Silk is sold by kind-faced men, and everyone is clothed in cotton and soft robes. Deer prance around, allowing themselves to be approached by humans. Lynxes and ocelots lie on branches, calmly looking down at the pedestrians. Any time anyone gets hurt, their wound is surrounded by a pink glow and they are healed. People are meditating peacefully.


Ice

Frost coats the grass and trees. Icicles hang from the roofs of houses and caves. A layer of snow covers the ground. Residents are dressed in parkas and winter coats. Pink-cheeked children have snowball fights while white-suited woman talk on cell phones. Ice skaters laugh and play on skating rinks, and hockey teams compete every hour. People enjoy snow cones and hot cocoa, laughing and talking with each other. Castles of ice sit on mountains. People have contests to see how long one can sit on a block of ice, and sculptors carve ice blocks into beautiful statues. Intricate snowflake designs are painted on every possible surface. Silvery tinsel hangs from doors.