201 Homeward

Li felt a small hand around his own in the darkness, and from that hand, he felt force. A jolt of force pulling him outwards. The sudden feeling of physical force was jarring to him, and all of a sudden, things were coming back to him.

His physical form and his regular mind, and with those slowly restoring, he returned to the world he was familiar with.

Things came back to him piecemeal.

First, it was his vision. Darkness was dispelled, and instead, he saw water all around him. Dark, shadowy, abyssal water. His touch returned, sensation becoming stronger, and he could feel how cold the water was, and, at the same time, how warm the hand clutching his own was.