Geien's room was lavish beyond measure. The walls seemed as if they were covered with a deep green velvet. But, when I approached them to run a hand over them, I noticed that it was indeed moss that covered every inch. The bed was too large to even be comprehensible, and it was covered in deep black fabric that seemed to almost absorb the light. It wasn't like anything I had ever seen.

One wall was made up entirely of clear, glass panes that overlooked a courtyard of dead trees ...