Meanwhile, at the Camp

Meanwhile, at the Camp is an interlude section between Chapters 5 and 6 of Beyond the Veil by Enodoc.
==Interlude – Meanwhile, at the Camp==
The Prophetic Hermit had had an eventful afternoon. After a drawn out argument between himself, an old brain, and a disciple about the lack of salt in the area, he had decided to go for a walk and stretch his legs. He had not expected what he had seen next; flames, shooting out of the solid cliff face of the Veiled Path. That hadn't happened before. He rushed back to camp to tell his followers, but couldn't understand why they did not seem to believe him.
He decided instead to sit in his tent and ponder it by himself. He did not expect what happened next; there was a loud rumble, like an earthquake, that shook the camp. Disciples started running around wildly.
"Calm, please!" the Hermit had cried. "I am sure it will be alright. Or perhaps it won't... Is that supposed to be happening?" His last sentence was not directed towards the disciples. The Great Gate, which his camp had stood underneath for decades, was opening.
The Hermit sat in wonder as the massive stone doors ground across the sand. They moved very quickly, considering their size. They were pretty big. And probably quite heavy.
"Oh dear," thought the Hermit, suddenly. "I appear to be in the way."
* * *
The Hermit lay sprawled on the sand. Luckily, the door had knocked him out of the way of its path of destruction through the camp. Unluckily, the door had knocked him out. In his last stages of consciousness, he thought he had seen something other than sand flying through the opening, heading towards the city.