He got up from his bed, and in just a few steps forward, his entire body gave out beneath him and he collapsed hard onto the stone floor with a sickening thud.
The impact drove the air from his lungs, but more concerning was the complete numbness that had seized every part of his body.
"What is this... numbness? Did making that one rune take that much toll on my body?"
His whole body did not feel anything at all, as if the nerves connecting his limbs to his mind had been severed. The sensation was terrifying in its own, a void where sensation should have been.
He tried to move his fingers and felt nothing in response, only the knowledge that his brain was sending signals that weren't being received.
"No, I can't fall unconscious just from making the most basic runes. Aaaaaaghh!"
