Hardin:
They said the blood drained into your brain quicker than you would think. And when the body pulls stunts like that, you might have a heart attack and die.
But throughout the night, I hung on that small string, wondering when my eyes would finally close in death.
But that time never came.
I could feel my limbs slowly become limp and my eyes begin to hurt the harder I tried to keep them open. But none of these things felt foreign, none of them felt like death.
I was soon to come to the understanding that time in that place, in this large expanse of land called valija was almost an illusion.
The sun did rise, but it was so dim it looked like the moon, and the nights were dark, pitch black that it was a struggle to see your own hands in front of you.
When the first ray hit, I f
