I was right! This is going to be a breeze. It really is ridiculously quiet in here, though. So quiet I can hear the buzz of the…

… lights! What happened to the lights?!

“By the way.” It’s Spotch. He must have a microphone. “The record is for staying in there in the dark.”

“Now you tell me.”

My voice sounds weird. It’s weaker than usual and seems to just disappear. Must be those cones gobbling up all the sound waves. It makes it feel like I’m in some huge, open space.

The darkness is definitely creepy, but I decide to stick it out and take my shot at glory. Courageous Kelvin has a lot better ring to it than Drifting Doofus. Or Larva Boy. Or Genius.

I close my eyes, which makes things seem a little more normal. But it’s so quiet in here. I guess you never realize how many little sounds are always going on in the background until they aren’t there anymore.

I know, maybe I’ll just take a little nap and wake up to a new record. I am pretty tired, and it would be so easy to just sort of… sort of… doze.…

Whoa, what’s that? It sounds like it’s coming from right here next to me, but… wait a minute! It’s my heart! I can feel it now.