[SWE] The Festival of Lights

Flinching as Vai took his hands, Remi abruptly pulled them away. He knew it was absurd and that Vai would never willingly lead him into danger (and even if she did, it wouldn't be the slowly sinking into a put of mud kind), but the shock and chill that raced through his bones was too much to take. The world swam and spun again. The lights were everywhere, his mothers voice singing in his ears. Glancing nervously over his shoulder, Remi tried to take a steadying breath. Instead of having the intended effect of course, oxygen flooded his brain making everything monumentally worse. The world was a blur. His heart was pounding and through the frenetic drumbeat of it and the blood in his ears, all he could hear was her. Softly calling. Just out of arms reach, begging for him to stay with her. Promising to never leave. The lanterns bloomed brightly even as the world shifted into a black madness. And Remi fainted. R E M I I followed your ashes into outer space