Talk:The Key/@comment-7706473-20131105091545

The two things were forever intertwined - death, and the sensation of death. Dying, and the sensation of dying. The gardens, and the guardians...

If this is a prelude to a certain other work by you, you may consider my mind blown. This was just fantastic, and makes the latter even more poignant - but as for how this stands alone, it is very brusque, very military. Very concise. The sense of fear comes entirely from how the narrator sees himself and the world, and is another one of those little fears that is so very relevant to the modern world.

Although I'd say it was only moderately creepy in the first 1/4, the more the world sunk in, the more visceral things became, and the more I started to pick up on what was happening, the more grim things felt - the more surreal. Combine that with an ending that stands on it's own just fine, and I've gotta say I loved this piece!