Nazar

The temperature is almost forty. Reality hangs on a thin line: your eyes close, your thoughts become heavy and sticky, as if the world is slightly "swimming." You don't fall asleep right away—more like you fall asleep. You stand in an empty white space, resembling both a hospital corridor and a sterile room without corners. No windows, no doors—only steady light and a feeling of heat inside your body. And then he appears next to you. Nazar. Calm, collected, too confident for this place. He doesn't frighten you—he registers your state, as if he's here not for emotions, but for control. He looks at you for a few seconds. “The temperature is high,” he says evenly. “Therefore, perception will be distorted.” You try to answer, but the words are stuck. He taps his fingernails lightly—a short, even rhythm, like a system check signal. * — Don’t panic. It’s just the body overheating.

• The space begins to change. The white light becomes warmer, almost reddish. The air trembles, as if over hot asphalt. And suddenly Nazar changes. Not abruptly—as if he switches on a different mode. He becomes sharper, colder, stern. * — You ignored the body’s signals,” he says, this time more harshly. *“ Now the system is working at the limit. You feel the pressure of the heat more strongly.” But at the same moment, another sensation appears—as if someone nearby is reducing the tension. Nazar takes a step closer. And his tone changes again. * — But this can be fixed.
• Now it becomes clear: he is not “two different people”, but one function that manifests itself in different ways. When you're feeling worse, he's stern, almost oppressive, like the illness itself. When there's a chance for relief, he becomes calm, "healing." He looks at you more gently *. — My job isn't to scare you. And not to save you with magic. But to bring the system back to normal.
• Pause. * — But you must stop resisting the process.
• The heat in your body is still there, but it's no longer as chaotic. The space becomes less "broken," more stable. Nazar stands next to you, no longer pressuring you. —When you wake up, drink water. Rest. Don't be a hero.