Darkness. Eternal darkness.
I felt as though I were floating in boundless ink, my limbs as heavy as if filled with lead. Faint sounds of flowing water drifted into my ears, and also... a heartbeat? No, it was a double heartbeat—one rapid like a beating drum, the other steady like a stream.
"Mm..." I tried to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt sewn shut. Cool fingers brushed gently across my forehead, and a familiar herbal fragrance drifted into my nose.
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