It rose like a meteor, spiraling up and up, and as it traveled, the water brightened around it gradually. Only when it could see the pale, striated ice that marked the surface boundary did the entity slow at last, and turn itself around to examine the pillar again.
It was still there, though some of its shape was different. Moreover, it extended up beyond the ice, past the point where the entity could make out anything. Just how far up did it go? All the way to the sky?