The Book of Abbadon

A Close Call

As you slowly open your eyes, your immediate observation is that you're in a comfortable bed somewhere. As you start to look around at your surroundings, a familiar voice speaks to you from your bedside.

" 'Morning, sleepyhead. "

Tom says as he's hunched over in a chair with his elbows on his knees.

" How long have I been out? "

You ask him sluggishly as your vision begins to sharpen and you slowly wake up.

" Three days. After you passed out, I immediately took you and the book back to Moriarch and had the castle staff take care of you. "

You try to sit up but you feel something on top of the sheets that's making it difficult, so you look down and see that Mimi is cuddled up next to you asleep on the bed. 

" She was worried sick about you... We tried to convince her that it's best to leave you alone and let you rest but she insisted on staying with you. "

Tom says with a soft voice. You look at him and notice that he looks a little rough around the edges, so you ask him a question.

" What about you? Did you even sleep when I was out? "

Tom sits back in his chair and looks at you playfully as he responds.

" Yeah, I've been fine. Just stayed out too late exploring the kingdom last night. That's all. "

" Don't let him lie to you. "

You hear a bratty feminine voice interject from the doorway of the room.

" Tom was awake sitting next to you the whole time. He was pretty worried too, and he'd talk to you after Mimi would fall asleep. "

You look at the doorway to see a young woman standing there leaning on the door frame. Tom laughs under his breath and shakes his head embarrassedly before leaning back in the chair.

" Yeah, okay... I was pretty worried about you. It took a lot out of you to bring your own creation into existence using The Holy Omniverse Transcript. After you went unconscious, I thought that maybe the book had killed you because you had used it in a way that The One may not have approved of. Thankfully, you were still breathing when I brought you here. "

That's right. You made Rosium to defeat the Valghul in that other universe.

You respond to Tom with a remark.

" It's too bad that I didn't have the book with me when I was in Somniohm. I might've been able to save Sowzo if that had been the case. "

Tom glares at you intriguingly and you notice something strange. As Tom looks at you, you can tell that he's sifting through your thoughts and memories. It's almost like you can feel him in your mind looking through everything that happened in Somniohm.

Have you gotten more of your power back?

Tom notices that you're aware of his psychic snooping, so he instantly stops and apologizes.

" I'm sorry, Donny. You spoke about Somniohm and I wanted to know what happened when you were out. I would've just asked, but I'm a bit on-edge and I wanted to make sure that you were okay. "

" It's fine. "

You respond in an understanding manner.

The woman suddenly speaks up curiously.

" Sowzo? You were with the God of Nightmares? What happened?"

Tom then turns and looks at the woman with a sad stare as he answers.