Bright lights. Bright white all around me. Bright white is all I can see. No smell. No sound. No taste. Only light.

Black. Black creeping in and cracking the edges of my vision. Making the white fade to black.

Swirling. The bright white against stark black. They swirled together. Fighting for dominance in my head. Black was winning. Pushing the white back. The white covered the center of my vision and spiraled out to black cracks and voids. Endless darkness.

Looking down, I saw nothing. No body, nothing. Only black and white, spiraling in a vaguely humanoid shape. I felt, powerful. Strong. As if nothing can stand in my way. I am light. I am darkness. I am power. Both so dangerous. But they fit. They fit together. They are me. I am them. Light and dark.

Fading. Everything was fading. I don't want my light to fade. The darkness is part of me. But now, so is the light. I don't want them to fade away.

Tears. When did I start crying? How am I crying? I have no body. Black shadows fall from my eyes. Filling the space. I am drowning. Drowning in my own tears. I am gone. No longer here.

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