As my eyes slowly opened, as I saw the blue sky and felt the grass I was lying on, not much went through my mind. I just took a deep breath, closed my eyes and continued to lie there.
I didn't feel like doing anything. The only thing I wanted was... to rest a little bit and that's what I did.
Seconds chased minutes. Who knows... maybe for hours all I did was lie there. Finally, though, I sighed deeply again and spoke without opening my eyes.
"How close was it?"
Just like the last time, the whole plain shook first. Even with my eyes closed, I could imagine the sky breaking, taking the shape of two blue eyes.
"Ten minutes. If you had gone another ten minutes without realizing what you had to do, we wouldn't be having this conversation."
Ten minutes...
"I'm surprised, frankly. I didn't think anyone could stay in that nothingness for forty days with all their senses turned off."