Caius's POV
Darkness.
A warm darkness that embraced me from every direction.
All I felt was comfort… an indescribable comfort.
That feeling made me want to remain like this forever… but nothing lasts forever.
Amid that darkness, a light shone…
A light like a dying star.
I wanted to touch it, so I reached my hand toward it.
But it was far… very far.
I tried to move, but I couldn't, as if I were rooted in place.
I remained like that for who knows how long.
Until I woke up.
Slowly, I managed to open my eyes again. At the same time, the memories of what had happened before I sank into sleep returned.
I raised my hand and rubbed my face. "How long was I asleep?" It felt like only a few hours had passed.
I looked beside me and found Izel still there.
I lifted my head and stared at the dark expanse within this tunnel… perhaps the trunk of a giant tree as it had seemed to me earlier.
It was good that nothing had attacked us in the meantime… otherwise we would be dead by now.
