"Ugghnn..." A low groan escaped my lips as consciousness slowly crept back into my battered mind like sunlight filtering through thick storm clouds.
My eyes fluttered open, immediately assaulted by an overwhelming brightness that seemed to pierce directly through my skull and into my brain. The light was warm, golden, and completely wrong for the cold, sterile environment where I should have been imprisoned. I snapped my eyes fully open, blinking rapidly as my vision adjusted to surroundings that defied every expectation I had about my current situation.
"What is this place?" I whispered, my voice echoing strangely in the vast space around me.
Wait. This couldn't be real.
