Visakha didn't know what kind of state she was in.
Her thoughts seemed sluggish, as if they were frozen, only passively receiving information, processing it extremely slowly, a single thought rising and taking forever to complete, as if it spanned the eternity of a century...
Perhaps it was an illusion, after all, even the concrete perception of time had been lost, with no clear frame of reference for comparison, it was naturally difficult for her to grasp exactly how much time had passed.
She seemed like her consciousness was drifting on a dark ocean, muddled and swaying with the tide; or perhaps like someone half-awake in a dark room, seemingly awake yet unbearably sleepy, unable to clearly perceive and think.
Thus, not knowing how long it had been, perhaps for her it was merely a moment, but it also seemed like a long period of time had passed.
Suddenly, she saw light—
