I almost forgot how these things trigger me. Perhaps the passage the rune mages made was similar to a gateway, because the moment I passed through the wobbling air, stimuli overwhelmed me and I soon drowned in memories.
Familiar visions passed right before my eyes. The liquid fire, the never-ending pain, the tubes that connect to my body. All of which I have seen before. But there was someone that looked clearer. The man who towered before me was no longer shrouded in darkness. I could now clearly distinguish his features. He had stark white hair and void-like eyes. A face I knew intimately, aged forward for several years.
"Alex?"
The man gave me a wicked grin, but the words that came out of his lips were a contrast to his expression. "Avery, are you okay?"
Confusion clouded my mind, a
