Darkness.
An all-encompassing void pressed in on Samiel from every direction. His senses were numb, his body heavy and unresponsive, as if he were submerged in a thick, suffocating haze. Slowly, his mind clawed its way back to consciousness, and his vision began to clear, though everything around him was still blurred and distorted.
"KEKEKE..."
"KEKEKE..."
A cold, mocking laugh echoed through the darkness.
"!"
'W-What is this...'
It was both familiar and alien, a sound that sent a chill down his spine and stirred a distant and primal fear.
'I-I'm a-afraid?'
His heart raced as he struggled to place where he had heard that laugh before. It seemed to seep into his bones, filling him with a sense of impending doom.
'M-Mind's Eye-!'
