Aldaelen

    A vibration pierces the darkness. I cling to it in this void, desperate for some sensation. The harder I focus, the more it becomes.    Bit by bit, the vibration grows, becoming more pervasive, invading every aspect of me. I'm hit with a heaviness; my body aches. A throbbing n my head is exacerbated by an increasingly persistent cacophony. My eyes open too fast; I try again, now wary of the blinding light and their apparent disuse. A sound comes from a dark form at my side. A low cascade of tones, shaping into words, flows around me. His voice surrounds me, barely audible over the sound of industry just beyond the door. I don't know thi