CW: Ocean | Thalassophobia

You strayed from shore into the cold waters. The sunlight reflecting off the rising waves. You were an experienced swimmer. The ocean was your second home and even then you longed for more. You twisted your body in your sleep as if you were swimming beneath the waves.

Your feet carried yourself toward her chair. Vacant thoughts swirling in your head as it bowed slightly in her regal presence. You couldn't recall the journey here, as if a separate part of your mind had tugged your body along like it was a doll.

The silken threads lay strewn across the floor as you entered the cave. The locals had a spider problem, you needed a bit of gold so you quickly accepted. What you didn't expect was the threads you thought previously discarded to shift. Desperately you begin to draw your sword and drop your torch-

You were unstoppable. You were a force that no man, woman, or pilot could dream of standing to match while you were in that mech. Yet amidst it all there lay a single being that could halt you with a single word. Her voice floating through your thoughts. Invading the network of your-