Blood.
A kaleidoscope of red and orange seared across his vision, but he kept his gaze forwards; the familiar crimson sky, the scorching glare, the snags of dead trees that sat in the distant horizon.
His feet slapped across the grassy plains, sending him jetting. He didn't look around or glance over his shoulders as he came to the edge of the forest. The landscape beyond that, desiccated, vacant and expansive, haring past on either side with each pump of his legs.
It appeared out of the corner of his eye, and he quickened until each step became leaps.
The wind whipped the locks from his face and flashes of recollection flitted past. He remembered as he arrived before the silhouette of a desecrated city. The rust of the sky was splashed with blood and the land around him crimson like fire.
It was only then he looked around. Relief enshrouded him because it was just another dream.
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