Dots.

Paranoid.
Eyes dartng from black dot, to white dot. White dot shifts to E4, where black dot waits, and they merge. Grey dot.
Grey dot splits, two grey dots.
Grey dot 1 uncombines.
Black dot, white dot.
Black dot splits.
White dot splits.
Two black dots.
Two white dots.
Three grey dots.
Paranoid.
Split, combine, split, combine.
Merge, escape, merge, escape.
Three grey dots.
Blood drips.
Red dot.
Paranoid.

...

"Coming back?"
Not yet.

...

Drip, drip, drip.
Ten thousand red dots.
Drip.
Red stain.

...

"Come. We're waiting for you".
Let me count the dots.
"They're all gone".
---Silence---
"Are you ready?"
I think so.
"Okay, let's proceed".

...

Red stain.
Where are the grey dots?

...

"I thought you were ready".
I am ready.
"Focus, child, focus".
Focus on what?
"Anything but the dots. We know what they represent".
Okay, I think I'm ready.
"Then let's return".
Thank you.