I wonder if
this is what Tom's new home is like? And when he first arrived, things looked a bit like
this?
Well,
doesn't that thing floating before the man(-like character) almost resemble the Lilitongue? And like in "The Barrens," I wonder if a whole new range of senses and appearances exist around Tom, now that he's in a very "Other" world?
...now
that would be a cool spin-off story: Tom's new life in...?