Seriously.
There were incessant voices in his head. Not one. Not two. But an entire crowd. And just like a packed concert, he could not even make sense of what he was hearing.
However, more than the ringing voices, there were all those strange sounds: gratings, breathing, pulses, something knocking, something thudding, something scraping against something else.
It was like his brain had turned into a crowded hallway.
But as if that was not enough, pain surged in.
It hit him like a tidal wave.
One moment, everything was still. Next, he was drowning. His lungs seized. His chest tightened. His body thrashed against sensations that really shouldn't belong to just one person. Because it felt like sinking through quicksand while his nerves tried to drag him back upward.
"Ugh."
He felt like he was being pulled in every direction at once. His body dragged. His senses yanked. And it was as if he were fighting against the impossible. As if he was dyi—
CRASH!
SPLASH!
"HA—!"
