I stood there… completely stunned, staring at him.
He looked straight at me and said,
"Don't you remember… what has happened to you?"
His words shook me.
I frowned slightly.
"What… do you mean?"
He smiled softly—almost knowingly.
"How could you remember?" he said.
"But anyway…"
He took a step closer.
"Everything that happened to you… all of it…"
"…was just imagination."
My breath stopped.
"Think about it," he continued calmly.
"You've been given another chance at life."
His eyes softened.
"Ayal… I hope this time, you'll do better."
Before I could react—
He gently placed his hand on my head.
A faint light burst out.
I couldn't understand anything
I woke up—
…and forgot how to breathe.
Light… was everywhere.
No—this wasn't that endless, void-like light.
This was… normal.
Sunlight.
Slowly, I pushed myself up.
Not hard ground…
Something soft.
Grass.
My trembling hand touched the earth—
Real. Warm. Alive.
"Am I… alive…?"
My voice shook.
Then—
