Chapter 2 The Woman Sua woke in a world of black. Everything around her was dyed a slick, oily black. Light streamed from somewhere, reflecting prismatic colors on her surroundings. When she looked up, there was no opening above or below her. Just endless void. Eventually, she figured out that it was her that was glowing, casting soft golden light on the void. Everything glowed, every inch. Her clothes, her hair, even the inside of her eyes glowed. She couldn’t move at all, at least, not forward. she could only watch the swirls of the void. After a while, she noticed a strange sound. It sounded like water, but not the kind she was used to. It crashed over and over again, but softly, and it soothed her somehow. Sua had never known this, but loved it. Eventually, she began to see a small blue dot on the horizon. She felt happy, soothed by this strange crashing noise and drifting comfortably in the inky blackness. The glow of her eyelids stopped her from closing her eyes, ...