When Vorpeus regained consciousness he looked around and found himself in an empty green room with walls that pulsated like a heart beat. “Where am I?” Vorpeus pondered aloud. He looked a few steps and then started to hear whispers. He tried to ignore them at first but they began to rise until they were the booming of countless voices from all directions speaking in perfect unison,
“You have been spared, be grateful.”
“Spared? From what? By who?”
“We are Ana Shay'Ets, and now you are too”
“I am too? What does that mean? What is this place?”
“Quiet, we must prepare.” The room began to beat faster. Thousands of branch-like arms breached the walls and began to reach towards Vorpeus. A sweet honey-like tune filled the air as Vorpeus felt the world and its worries melt away in the warm embrace of Ana Shay’Ets.
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