it all makes sense inside my head.
"It was a day of bright light and trembling heat. Whereever they looked, the children saw a million points of dazzle, as though small bits of the sun's fire had dropped to earth. They were only the quivering raindrops twinkling in the brightness; but the effect was powerful, and the travellers were even more lighthearted than before."
--The Hounds of the Morrigan pg 248