The ferry flowed over the river which kept changing color every so often, but not once did he see any living being inside the river, nor did he see any plant or signs of nature down there. On either side of the river, instead of an ordinary riverbed, Lex merely saw the cosmos.
For the most part, he didn't question it. After all, this deep in Arch-Heaven, logic had stopped logicing. Instead, he spent a few days trying to improve Mango's mood.The fish was not actually upset, but it certainly liked the feeling of getting all that attention, so Lex humored him.
Eventually, even Mango gave in, and stopped pretending to be upset with Lex. But after that, there wasn't much left for them to do, so Mango took out his scale and began to review it once again.
