The fluorescent hum of the office lights felt strangely distant, a dull thrum against the quiet throb behind your eyes. A fleeting sensation, like a forgotten dream, brushed against your consciousness – a sense of something vast, intricate, and just beyond your grasp. You reached for your coffee, the ceramic cool against your fingertips, when the world tilted. Not a physical shift, but an internal one, a sudden, profound unplugging. The light fractured, the hum dissolved, and a silent, all-encompassing darkness swallowed you whole.