The moment the doors shut behind the candidates, the entire hall returned to silence. Not the normal kind of silence people heard at night when everyone was asleep, but the type that pressed against the ears and slowly crawled into the mind.
Ezra slowly turned around, his movements careful and controlled as he lifted both hands, spreading his palms wide while stepping forward little by little through the darkness.
His eyes moved around instinctively, but there was nothing to see.
No light, no shape, no shadow.
Only darkness stretching endlessly around him like a sea without waves.
A few seconds later, his palms touched something cold and flat.
The door.
Ezra rested the side of his head lightly against it, his expression calm as he thought silently.
Since this place is still a room…
Then it should be possible to calculate the size by tracing the walls.
"This will help pass time, but…"
His brows tightened slightly.
