Consciousness

The Lord spoke, "Welcome, Max. I've been expecting you."

Of course he was.

He knew about everything I was doing.

"Come on, follow me. Therion is already waiting."

"I have learned the first layer," I said.

"Therion will decide upon this," The Lord responded.

I walked again into the white corridor with pulsating walls, determined to absorb more than I did before.

As I moved through the corridor, I noticed the young girl with blonde hair, who had stood before, now lying on the ground, curled up.

My curiosity guided me further, and as I looked to the left, I observed a room I had previously missed.

Some sort of barrier seemed to divide the room in half. Its properties gave the impression that the surrounding space was displaced, and the air within the room warped.

I followed The Lord into the same room I had previously been in, and there sat Therion, gazing at a holographic screen. He seemed to be in hysterical happiness.