A Trace of Ascension

There are memories that let him keep holding on to his life even amidst the pain. And he comes out of it.

And then he look at himself.

He is now in solid form with a new body, a reformed, refined, perfect body.

He blinks and he feels pain.

Pain in his eyes, pain on his eyelids, pain on his facial muscle.

Then he moves his finger and the pain jolted all off his nerves and that brings more pain.

From the vein, to the nerve, to the bones, to the skin, each micro movement brings him pain he never expected before.

But maybe because he was used to feeling pain, Azief did not even show any change in expression.

In the past, such pain that feels like being sliced and diced by a sharp knives would make him shout and scream even when he is trying to keep his calm.

His pain receptor is not dull. And he is not numb to it. It is just that sometimes, mind could really control matter.