high- contrast palette, highly detailed, cinematic quality, modern art photograph, high- contrast palette, timeless feeling, cinematic quality, modern art photograph || (the fall of man, the end of mankind), I awoke to deafening silence, yet my head rang with the rattles of explosions. The only thing I remembered was the taste of ash. My whole body felt like it was scattered in pieces. I gathered myself and looked up from my resting place and all I could see was the sky on fire. It was surreal, as if someone or something had picked me up and placed me here on purpose. But who? How long was I unconscious? Was anyone else left besides me?