Chapter 5 - Family Roots
Chapter 5 - Family Roots Content Warnings: gore, death. Art by 4ShiFeng: https://twitter.com/4Shifeng/status/1517004352103362560 Darkness. Silence. A moment of peace. I'm underwater. Far beneath the surface and sinking deeper as time passes. The further I go, the darker it gets, and the more pressure I feel from all directions. A blanket that swaddles me in the cold expanse of the ocean. Far away from the metal, neon and plastic above. Even out of reach of the burning flame that scorches life down to the genetic level. At this depth there might not even be any difference form before the fall. An alien world that has never seen light that wasn't alive itself. Those tiny stars in the dark, innumerable and in all directions are little satellites that gravitate around me as though I am the center of a galaxy. I've been down here before. My own little abyss. One of the few places I can find comfort and calm. The first time, I was a boy so entrance...