[ A place between spaces…utter Darkness]
Kieran opened his eyes to silence.
No…not silence. That hollow hum.
The one that seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere all at once, pressing on the bones behind his ears. Gone was the Great Woods, gone was Autumn… gone was the mist… where was he?!
His eyes adjusted to the kind of darkness that wasn't just the absence of light… It was thick. Tangible. A darkness that could be felt.
Kieran looked around. It was some kind of a forest for sure…The trees there stood taller than they should, warped in strange bends, their bark slick as if sweating. Roots twisted together like the spines of some long dead beast and they pointed up, like mangroves…but it looked much nastier. The ground was damp beneath his knees too.
He knew this place.
