My eyes fluttered closed. The warm air swirled around my face as the darkness overcame me. The hollow beating of my heart filling my ears.

*drip*
*drip*

The sound consumed me, my face was warm as the cold trickled down.

*drip*
*drip*

It was every thought in my mind every twitch of my whiskers. The one small sound.

The shadows corner my mind, waiting for the moment of weakness to overcome my head and destroy my conscious.

But I was ready. The stars were calling for me. It was my time.

And then the abyss took over. And the last thing I heard was the slow, steady,

*drip*
*drip*

Silence.