Things Slip Through
The dark felt alive, liquid, pressing against him .
swallowing him
And in the distance, whispers uttered secret, unknowable things. He turned but saw nothing, only more darkness. His throat constricted, panic swelling, and his teeth grinding as the whispers came and went, came and went . . .
mene, mene
tekel upharsin
There.
A light.
Flaring in the distance, piercing the darkness around him. He glimpsed only lurching shadows in the flares but as each grew brighter, fragile hope blossomed in his heart.
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