They put on their gear and went out into the drizzle. The dusty yard of the summer clumped into mud under their boots now and Matty didn’t like its greedy suck. It was better around the back of the barn. The cattle made their soft, comforting noises inside, munching and rustling in the dark with the occasional snorted punctuation.
“Here. Round the side.” Rob slowed as they approached the corner. “Don’t get too close. I don’t think it’s safe.”
There was a lamp lit at waist-height, the glow spreading warmly from where it hung. But it wasn’t a lamp, when Matty looked properly. It wasn’t anything. It just was. He glanced at Rob. His face was illuminated on one side by the golden light. “What is it?” Matty asked him.
“I don’t know. It’s just…light. I walked around it and you can’t see it fro
