Chapter 30: What Lies Beyond

I don't know when I even awakened, but rather maybe somebody just flipped the switch and liberated me from anything state I was in. Since the last thing I recall is falling into a gap of death and presently I'm sitting in a fix of grass, gazing at the outrageously blue sky.

Blue sky. It looks pleasant today. Excessively brilliant for the…

Pause. Is it?

I feel the grass with my fingertips, the delicate surging breeze stimulating my nose. Am I truly back in reality?

I leap to my feet, checking out the woods, wanting to get a look at another person. Any individual who can affirm that this is my new reality. Ideally… the one I need to see most.

Indeed, this is the present reality.

I shake, thinking to and fro in an excited endeavor to track down the wellspring of the murmur. A similar voice has followed me in my fantasies and all through my mission. "Who are you?" I called out. "Show yourself!"

Nothing occurs right away, however, at that point, something around me shifts quickly. The air