I woke up, and I was drowning.
"Uuuuuupppppp…"
The world seemed to be nothing but darkness, and I could feel a thousand cold hands holding on to my soul.
"Uuuuuupppppp…"
External temperature approximately twelve degrees. Body temperature thirty-six point eight, standard human baseline. Sensory input nominal. Motor function unobstructed. No immediate combat threats detected within the tent's eight-metre perimeter.
"What… where… Why do I see nothing but darkness? Who am I? What am I?"
Distance to nearest threat-source-Caelith Mourne approximately one kilometre east. Eruption countdown approximately forty-three minutes.
"Llllaaaazzzzyyyyy… Cccuuurrrr…"
My body was pressed down to the depths of darkness, but then, Mel's voice, she brought me back.
"Mel, who is.. my sister. Right, Elric, loop, I have returned from the dead. Wake up, Elric… wake up, or you would be what your sister says you are… a damned lazy cur."
