A moment. Or is it? And then the world comes rushing back in, here very much to include River's palm over Cesar's eyes, blocking most of the light.

"Thought you might not want to be blinded by the light," River explains. "That little trick was a few minutes off the top of my life, and it only gets nastier from there - undead servants, rotting living flesh, corroding metal. Necromancy isn't a study you get into 'cause your life went well."