[He knows that this isn't real. Or at least, he knows that it shouldn't be real. Yet all of his senses are subsumed by the feelings of this fresh horror, down to the feeling of the thick sand between his fingers.
Even so, Giles is no longer so insensible that he can't take in his surroundings. And he does, the better to figure out where he is.
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Even so, Giles is no longer so insensible that he can't take in his surroundings. And he does, the better to figure out where he is.
As soon as he can just bring himself to move...]