C57 Epilogue - Shortly after the destruction of the orb

Nex writhed in the tangle of pain, more pain than he had ever experienced in his—very long—life span. But while he writhed, he also reveled. Pain was good. It meant he still existed.

He was in a void. Somewhere between realms. A place with pressure, and yet not, of light and dark, of excruciating noise and piercing silence. The dualities would have torn a mortal mind to shreds