A loud feminine scream tore through the silent mortuary. "HOW?!"
Leon flinched, his head snapping toward the sound. Kira stood frozen in the doorway, her face a mask of unadulterated horror as icy sweat traced down her brow.
Inside the vast room, Leon stood motionless, dressed in a grey robe that hung loosely on his body. A plastic identification tag wrapped around his ankle.
The lieutenant's words reeled in his mind like clotted blood: Promise to live for the universe. He whirled around, scanned the room, confusion filling his gut.
'Wait, am I dead?' The question tumbled in his skull.
There, a notification churned in his mind, pausing his thoughts.
Ding.
[System Notification]
Soul Signature… Reacquired
Physical Vessel… Active
Welcome back, Host.
Leon's eyes rolled in their sockets as he stopped wandering. 'I died!' he screamed heavily in his head, clutching his face in his palms, exhaling sharply.
