And poor Klaeb could only bear the pain, again, of that wicked device, as Melaidin and Gollus went into the other room to be alone.

This time though, he was left unattended, and the pain continued, getting worse and worse, driving his mind to places it had never been. Places he had never considered. Places beyond this anguish, and soon, he felt himself drifting out of his body to somewhere else. Somewhere better, as it was away from Shaeg.

Time and awareness lost all meaning as he drifted from the known into the unknown, retrieving his awareness like a fallen hat, which he happily returned to his head. He quickly scanned his surroundings. And was discouraged as he felt the emptiness of misery that scarred this place, a place that had once been beautiful and free. He wandered freely, as he pondered his totally unfamiliar state of being. He was not miserable, he actually felt happy, truly so for the first time in...months. It's a pity that it had taken such a dire turn of events to give him this opportunity to know happiness again.