Ness quickly learns of the mortality of the Flying Men, and is warned not to take advantage of them. Together Ness and an anthropomorphic personification of his own courage travel the spiraling path into the depths of Ness's darkest subconscious, but the Flying Man falls before Ness reaches the path to the pit of his soul, the Sea of Eden. A nightmarish landscape of water, towering spires and familiar monstrosities. At the pit of it all Ness come across the manifestation of his own darkness taking the the form of the Mani Mani statue. As is his typical response to such challenges, Ness decides to beat it up.