Get In The Ring, Daddy.
Everywhere blurs.
I blink hard, but it only seems to make things worse, forcing my lids almost shut until my eyes are nothing but thin, miserable slits fighting for a pinprick of focus.
Suddenly, a fine, searing wire snaps inside the confines of my skull. It isn’t loud, not in the way thunder or shouting is loud, but it is absolute. It is a sharp, tiny sound, like a high-pitched screech that happens when a microphone picks up the amplified sound coming from its own speaker, creating a continuous loop.