...
...Hmm?
Where am I?
Soren tried to mutter the words, but they died in his throat.
Urgh...
It's painful...
His mind was an absolute maze, a fractured mirror of disjointed thoughts and heavy, suffocating darkness.
...N-no... Why...
He could feel his body, every limb and every nerve ending, but he was completely unable to move. It felt as if an entire mountain range had been stacked directly onto his chest, pinning him into the abyss. The sheer weight of the paralysis was exhausting. Unable to fight the crushing fatigue, his consciousness slipped away, plunging him back into the void.
'...'
He woke up again.
The heavy pressure remained unchanged, and the darkness remained absolute.
Eventually, he drifted out, and after who knows how long, he woke up again.
