I can see my consciousness. My thoughts and memories are still there. But they’re so…

“Distant…” I say softly.

I don’t know if the word is a response to what my hypnotist is saying.

I blink slowly. My vision is unfocused; everything is a blur, and I pay no mind to what happens in front of my eyes.

No mind… no…

My mind is up, somewhere very high, far away from me, out of reach.

I try to reach for it. My heavy arm slowly rises up into the air. I think I can hear my hypnotist chuckle before they ask me to lower it again.

It flops down. My head lolls to one side.

My thoughts…

They’re still out there, somewhere. But I’ve lost them…

“Lost…” I say softly.

I think I can feel my hypnotist massage the hand that I had tried to reach out with.

“Mmmmmrrrrrrr…” A soft moan leaves my lips.

“They’re gone…” I hear my hypnotist say, as if from behind thick glass. “Let them go. Close your eyes.”

Warm oblivion finally envelops me.