Light crumbled away as far as the eye could see, like a forgotten palace of sand. From where he stood, the whole world seemed to recede at an alarming, impossible rate. The whole scene felt reminiscent of the old "breaking bridge" cliche he'd seen played out in a number of movies, most of which had been worth a considerably lesser amount of laughs. But that was fine by him- this was hardly the time or place for a live studio audience. This was death: a rather personal thing, no matter how thorou