White.
Black.
Nothing.
Silence.
This was what Nick felt.
Nick had stopped walking.
There were no more illusions.
There was no more pain.
Everything had become silent.
Everything around him was perfectly black…
Except for the floor.
It was perfectly white.
Silence.
Everything was silent.
Nothing moved.
Nick's mind slowly returned.
BANG!
And he collapsed onto the ground.
His mind didn't think.
It was just there.
Existing.
Nick closed his eyes and released a brea-
'No!'
Nick only released a tiny bit of his breath before he stopped, his mind snapping awake.
He hadn't known anything about the world just now, but when he had started to release his breath, something inside of him screamed at him.
Nick closed his eyes and gathered his thoughts.
'It stopped,' he thought.
'Everything has stopped.'
'I'm not dead, or I wouldn't have been so afraid of releasing my breath.'