[ WP ] Man wakes up in the middle of a strange forest which extends thousands of miles in every direction , there 's a large moon in the sky , and it 's almost dead silent . He finds out he 's travelled back 500 million years to the Devonian era , and he 's in the centre of Pangaea .

I ca n't fall asleep. The harder I try to stay still, the more I end up turning, entangling myself in my thick down sheets. The AC is on full blast yet my blood is running hot and my boxers are wet with perspiration. This could n't be a worse time for a mid life crisis. I get up and walk to the bathroom. I stumble around looking for the handle, and manage to enter without tripping on my pants and belt, which I tossed on the floor hours earlier without much thought. The bluish-white fluorescent lights shock my eyes as I blindly turn to face the mirror. When I open my eyes, I do n't see myself. I do n't see the bright, adventure-bound paleontologist just out of UC Berkeley. Hell, I do n't even see the hopeful high school professor looking for a break. All I see are two bags under two eyes. Two eyes that have seen too much. Two bags on a dull face. A dull face with a receding hairline. I see a creature older than the cambrian lifeforms I study. Cursing, I make my way back to my bed. I curl up, hugging the pillow that still smells like her, and I scream into it. I beg for some forgiveness, but begging's not my business.
