Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. The shape of the island—a tall, flat-topped mountain—became distinct. And yet not at all distinct. Its outline was blurred, as if the skin of the land quivered! As they drifted closer, it appeared as if pieces of the island broke off and floated up into the air. Or black specks floated down and joined the land. Which best states why the excerpt makes the reader want to keep reading?