It was like a dark, heavy veil was pulled off of his mind. Kanji's grip upon her tightened as sensation returned to his limbs, and he firmly believed that things were going to be okay. Those he held dear were still alive, still fighting the best that they could.

And it was at that time that the engineers got what they wanted. Whatever awful mechanism powered the emitters, somewhere deep in the caverns, finally powered down. The heavy vibrations in the air, the steady buzzing in everyone's ears, what drove the local fauna to madness slowly subsided, then lowered to an average level.

With that boost, Kanji had begun to stir. "I..."

"I'm a'right..." He uttered as he slowly pulled away from her. He looked up in the dark.

"That weird buzzing's gone. Is it over?"