Prologue

The first memory I have is a single thought: 'I can't breathe'.

Accompanying that thought, was nothing.
Not darkness, not any tactile sensation.
Not even the concept of 'nothing'.

Quite literally, nothing.

The next thought after that - escape, run, flee!

I tried to do something. I reached out to grab something - I didn't have a hand to grasp anything. I opened my mouth to scream for help, but I couldn't take in air, or breathe for that matter.