A/N: Hey everybody! Well, this is my last update for about a week, unless Speculum manages to be finished by Thursday early morning. I'm probably not going to sleep that day because I have to be up stupidly early then. We'll see. Maybe I can do more updating. I sure hope so! Anyway, onto reviews!
Thanks Xros-Hero! I assure you, the snapping is only beginning.
Eddy, I has been trying to avoid epithets for a little bit but eventually they come creeping in. Not sure why. Glad you still enjoyed it though!
NoComparison, thank you! However, this is one of my few stories where everything is ridiculously short. Most of my works are incredibly long and these are mostly to create creative juices. A few of my other stories, say Petals and Pens or Speculum, are quite long pieces. If you're interested, please check them out.
VII. Specks
"Even light can be covered up."
"You will never leave this place."
He smiled. "I know."
He held himself there, in the black and red world. There was really nothing to see here, nothing in this gap that enticed the eyes. So he kept them closed and let the voices wash over him. When he had first heard them, it had been one voice. Now there were many, with odd inflects.
Some were louder than others, some with more emotion, others flat as a board. Some said his name. Most avoided it.
"You could leave this place."
"I know."
They were always contradictory.
One was loud. "You need to leave."
Taiki only shrugged. "I don't really want to."
It was a bit late to tell a drowning man he could swim.