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Regained Senses
Julian's eyes cracked open, and he winced. The light was brilliant, so bright it hurt his head just to squint at it. So he closed his eyes again.
The ache did not stop.
Groaning, he pressed his palms to his head and lay there as the rest of his senses, and his memory, returned to him.
"What in the hell just happened?" he managed to say, sounding half-strangled even to his own ears.
A loud snort from above him preceded Tolburt's response. "You tell me." His voice was full of accusation, and confusion.
Tolburt didn't need to elaborate. Julian's actions of a few minutes before—he presumed it was only a few minutes—were clear in his mind, and they made as little sense to him as they apparently had to Tolburt.
He shook his head. "It… It was like we had to go ba
