Added 12 minutes later
Meanwhile, the artificial sun began to be replaced by a real dawn. Laust Brightstrider looked at the mechanical clock, turned it in his hands, and put it in his pocket. - Well, thank you for your warm hospitality. The path is now much safer. - He said to those who were not yet asleep, gathering his belongings. - You were all so engrossed in the north and the natives in the east, - he added as he left, - that you completely forgot to ask me where I was going. I think you will be curious to know that to the southeast of here there is a real city.