sensation, but as a concept. He had

s black. It was the kind of absolute not

heart to race, no lungs to hyperventilate. The feeling was

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evoid of emotion. It sounded like a cosmic IT support agent reading from a script.

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. The Architect will now return you

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c light, like a shattered kaleidoscope. A tremendous, irresistible pul

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. Colors he had never seen burned past him, sounds he couldn'

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elt like a physical impact. His newfound body slam

air was thick, humid, and heavy with the smell of wet

lungs burned as if he'd inhaled water. He

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ing the light of an unfamiliar, pale green sun. The jungle was alive with a cacophony of

d. His body felt weak, and a wave of di

s voice hoarse and weak. "

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to move, and began wal