It wasn't there — the sun that blazed furiously in the void was just another shadow.
After the initial surprise, Duncan quickly realized this. He did not sense any real presence from the "Crawling Sunwheel" before him, nor did he feel its ostensibly scorching heat. It seemed to him that the fireball was empty and distant, a feeling... very similar to when he first peered at it through the "Golden Mask."
This "True Sun God" must have found Alice's Mansion by some means and sent its projection here... What exactly attracted this ancient deity? Was it some change triggered by his own entrance into this place, or was it the noise made by Alice while analyzing the "course"?
Duncan quickly collected himself and asked with a hint of curiosity, "How did you find this place?"