A bright light.
That was the first thought that pierced through the fog of my consciousness as my mind sluggishly began piecing itself together.
The overwhelming radiance in front of me was almost blinding, yet I couldn't look away.
My thoughts, still sluggish from the aftermath of whatever had just happened, struggled to process what I was seeing.
There was a figure before me—undeniably human in shape, but everything about her felt far removed from the mortal plane.
She was luminous, her very presence casting a warm, golden glow that seemed to push back the lingering darkness within me.
The sheer beauty of her existence left me breathless, and yet, my mind faltered to define her as simply a person.
No, she was something far greater than that.
Her voice broke through the haze like a melody I had never heard yet somehow knew by heart.
[It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Riley Hell.]