White light eats me whole, swallows me and takes me over, sucks me forward into a tunnel of brightness that is all at once familiar and terrifying. Blinded, I raise both hands to protect my eyes as I roll over in a ball, spinning sideways as if the light itself is a river or a gust of powerful wind, though I feel nothing from it.

I hurtle to an instant stop against something hard, though I know I'm not injured. I remember this! Only in bits and flares of thought, struggling to ...