"You really are one interesting being," a woman's voice, filled with mirth, drifts cooly through my sense of hearing. It's as if my ears are being bathed in a refreshing and cooling breeze. Which is weird, I know. Have you ever known anyone to have their ears bathed in a refreshing and cooling breeze? No, right? Well, you might know someone now because that's how I know and feel at the moment. But where am I? What is this place? Everything around me is white. All I see is white. And if I think about walking in a certain direction, I know that I'm only going to walk along with it endlessly. Why am I here, anyway? Did I somehow die and got reincarnated again? The last thing I can remember is that I slept a little peacefully right after that productive dinner with my family. Not only

