It's dark.

But the boy feels like he should walk on. So he does.

And he sees a small orb of white light rolling towards him. It's so random that the boy picks it up and feels a burning sensation.

Out of pure shock, he drops the orb, and it shatters like glass.

And now he's in complete darkness. Until he hears, "Awake... awake..."

The boy frowns. Awake... sounds like a distant land.

Awake... sounds hard right now.

So he lets himself be taken back by the darkness.

Why fight when you can flee?