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Hadrian thought that was an odd reply "Then why am I the only one in here? Don’t hundreds of thousands of people die every day? Where are they?"
"You hu bound in place and time, you have no idea the vastness of what is out there Yes,their own version of this rooanized around here that we’d have you all in the sa some indefinite amount of ti in your mind, couldn’t it?" The e book that had been resting open upon it
As he passed by, Hadrian could see the book had his naood or bad
"There’s nothing for ht as well take a break before rimaced "It’s such a waste of time when they do this to o either way But the choice has been ait was uneven as he shuffled across the floor to one of the golden doors and slipped a key inside the lock As he pushed the door open he turned back to Hadrian "Don’t try any of the doors We have a better security systeet back there, try not to think you’re too invincible So another conversation, and it would be a shame to have your evolution slowed unnecessarily by this little detour"
"Wait!" Hadrian’s voice echoed off the walls His plea was useless The door shut and the lock turned back into place, and he was left alone in the roo in his mind? It must be
Most likely his body was so for this transition to complete and his essence to come back So where was he? Locked inside his head, while he thought he was locked inside this too-bright room? Or was he somewhere else entirely?
Only a few moments passed in existential crisis before a thick, black smoke started to forrew thicker itsound, then it started to spin like a cyclone until it transforh--a deely dressed like Father Hadrian The beast was larger than hiht and who kne lowed a fiery red, and inside his mouth were the nastiest, sharpest teeth Hadrian had ever seen
The priest felt around in his pockets for a cross, to no avail He held a hand up to the demon and started to chant
"Exorcizo te, immundissime spiritus, oio… "
The dehed "That won’t work onto lean toward dreae, a bad burrito froeline had revealed herself as a vampire and bitten him had been a dream as well And the sex The sex had been a drea drea monstermuch as Hadrian’s voice had only moments before Ordinarily Father Hadrian wasn’t the type to run froround Not thatpresence and God on his side But he had no weapons, and the one de ritual he knew appeared to have no effect, so he ran
The doors seeh that couldn’t be true since the roo and yet it expanded as he er and more impossible to travel the whole circumference with each stride he took
Each door he encountered was locked He banged on a few, yelling for the old ladiator left alone in an ary He looked a near the podium with his arms crossed over his chest
"I could chase you down, but it’s too schizophrenic for et tired of trying to bust down the gates The rules won’t be ignored or changed for you You aren’t that special"
Hadrian paid hi soht have accidentally left one unlocked It could happen There were an uncountable nu ever more uncountable by the minute One had to be unlocked It was a statistical certainty