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For a few moments, I thought I was dead.
The whistling of the wind in my ears and the distant sounds of shouts and traffic all disappeared. The air on my face was completely still. In fact, it almost seemed like there was no air at all, yet I was not suffocating. After a few moments, I dared to open my eyes. Everything was white, formless, shapeless, and without depth, no matter where I looked. It was pure nothingness.
I didn’t panic. My mind came very slowly and gradually to the conclusion that I might’ve met my end, and even when it did, I accepted it easily. It seemed like a natural conclusion to everything that had happened.
What had happened? I was already starting to forget. For a moment, I struggled to remember my own name.
But then there was a sound like a small pop in my e
