Chapter 245

• I loved to sing whenever I was alone. At those moments, I could let my voice loose without worrying about anything else. When I started to get hoarse, I dove into the warm water and floated for a while, looking up. Unlike the rest of the landscape, the ceiling was dark. The boundaries were clear, and you could almost see the edges of the gray plates that made up the structure that delimited that space.
• Without any reference points, I had no sense of time in that place. I went back home and threw myself on the bed. It was the kind of situation that could be bearable for a few hours, but after a while, I felt like I was going crazy.
• “He said we would meet tonight. Why is he taking so long?” I muttered to myself. I closed my eyes and fell asleep for a while, but not long enough to start dreaming.