Bab 120: Sanity, Crumbling

Slowly his eyes parted open, after unknowingly having fallen into slumber. Even in the somber environment, the subtlest instances of light made his eyes water, his own body attempting to force his eyelids shut.

"--I fell asleep?"

Sitting up and rubbing the back of his head, Ren's dreary eyes shot wide at the sight of the lifeless body resting against the damp stone.

"Goldheve?!"

Steam rose from the man's unmoving body, giving Ren temporary relief as the body still held the warmth of life in it.

Checking his pulse, however, did away with that short-lived reprieve. There was no response met with his touch as he checked the man's limp wrist, the same null sensation came when he pressed his fingers against the man's jugular.

"What happened…"