Rumble…0

Thunder rolled above my skull.0

Flash! Boom!0

Lightning tails lashed the sky, yet I felt a strange, drowsy calm beneath them. Sheets of rain poured down, reducing mountains into swamps in an instant. Torrents surged, black clouds emptied themselves, drowning the whole world in shadow.0

The shadows clawed at the earth—shaking it, tearing at all sides, collapsing, flooding, and crashing down. And yet, the starving shadows only grew sharper.0

Plink…0

Raindrops struck my skull, scattering into dozens of rivulets. I didn’t even think to shield myself. I didn’t roll aside. Didn’t sit up. Didn’t climb atop the grave. I simply lay there.1

Shhhhh…0

Raindrops scraped at me, peeling away the remnants of the old world. They dug into my bones, erasing torn flesh, blood, and cries. Cries buried in the dark rose faintly into the sky, only to vanish under the rain.0

Would anything change if I moved? Could acting for someone else hold even the faintest meaning?0

I gained experience and grew stronger. Yet, hollow despair pressed down on me as I stared...0