"You know you are going to die, right?"
Alex heard a voice speaking to him from all directions and yet a specific place all at once.
He tried to look for the source of the voice, but his eyes wouldn't open. He tried to sense it, but he found that he lacked spiritual sense.
"Failure is inevitable. Death is inevitable," the voice said. "Why fear the inevitable? Welcome it as though it were your lifelong friend. Once you accept the inevitable, there will be nothing to fear."
Alex heard the voice again. It echoed from every direction he tried to focus on. Who was speaking? And why was the voice so familiar?
Alex had a feeling he had heard this voice before, a long time ago. And yet, he also had a feeling that he heard this voice every single day. Every single waking moment, he would hear this voice.
Just what was going on?
"Just give up. Give up and be free from all burden," the voice said.
Give up?