White Matter

Liam bobbed up and down the ocean waves before eventually washing ashore. 

Elders swarmed him immediately and brought him back home, bandaging his wounds and applying medicine across his body. 

Liam was out cold, but he was breathing. For three weeks, he lay unconscious, but his wounds healed on his own and his sea of consciousness was slowly improving.

Eventually, Liam woke up and let out a long exhale that sounded like a hiss. 

His entire figure was covered with bandages, including his face, making him look like some sort of mummy. 

Jane, Jargon, Valerie, Kerian and Aki were in the room. 

Valerie had Inkshadow tattoos on her arms and fingers. Jax was getting better at making them more pleasing to the eye.

All of them immediately looked at Liam with alarm.

Had they been in his shoes, they wouldn't have survived the Tribulation.