All Adam could wish for was that he wouldn't have to do anything self-destructive to reach the Bottomless Void.
He thought about failure, depression, or just something sad when he read this condition. Those were his only ideas, and in all that time, neither he nor Silvana had come up with anything better.
"Well, our theory about the Highest Bliss turned out to be mostly correct. I hope we're wrong this time." Adam shrugged and left his inner space.
...
The evening ended with a quiet dinner.
They finished eating the serpent and also cooked the piranha that Adam had caught. Alexia did everything she could to show how bad Adam's fish tasted, but she continued to eat and ask for an extra portion.
Thump. Thump.
Still not recovered, Adam and Alexia collapsed on the sofa and immediately fell asleep under Goen's calm gaze.
He went to another room, took an old bottle of bourbon out of the cupboard, and poured himself a full glass.
