Have you ever felt those moments when everything in the world suddenly becomes a thousand times realer. All of a sudden it’s as if all of your senses suddenly sharpen and you’re seeing and hearing and feeling everything around you in a clearer, more defined way. It’s almost like there was a curtain over your perception, and now it’s been ripped clean away. You blinked and suddenly the sky isn’t just blue it’s cerulean with streaks of powdery clouds. The grass isn’t just green, it’s verdant and speckled with tufts of merry daisies.
Seraphina was feeling a bit like that, but without the positive feelings that normally accompany such a revelation. The world was in focus but she felt utterly adrift, lost both figuratively and physically.
Breath coming quick, she latched onto her only ancho
