The wrong side met me with the blackness of a deep cave. An attempt to conjure an illusory fire ended in a quiet puff - the wasted magic vanished into thin air. Illusions didn't work in this place.

Al, are you there? Elmar, this is not funny!

The echo picked up my words and reflected with a moralizing “but-but-but”. Here I got in! And all because of the desire of a partner to provide me with a connection with reality.

A thread!

Thin, barely visible, she stretched from the little finger on her left hand and disappeared into the darkness. Last time, its end went into the sky, but now...