"Maurice. Maurice. Maurice, wake up..." That clear and familiar, feminine voice kept murmuring his name, driving him into consciousness.
For a while longer, Maurice felt his body falling into the endless abyss, his environment enshrouded in the same darkness that effortlessly sucked him in.
He felt weightless as the gravity slowly pulled him deeper into its depths, calling for his soul, but he made no effort to fight it. His initial motive was to succumb to the darkness, but when he heard the familiar voice that continuously uttered his name, his eyes snapped open in his subconsciousness, also snapping him awake in reality as his eyelids fluttered open.