It's dark, really dark. I don't think I suddenly went blind, but then I also don't know how exactly I got here. Wherever here is. The last thing I remember is coming home from another rough day at work. No wait, actually did I even make it home. I remember climbing the stairs. I was exhausted so I wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings. I remember stepping on something. It shouldn't have been a big deal. Except that it was round and decided to roll when I put weight on it. The next thing I remember is falling and then a sharp pain and then … nothing.

  I don't remember anything after that. The next thing I knew I was waking up here. Which brings us back to, wherever here is. I try to reach out my hands to feel my way back to the stairs or at least grab the guard rail and pull myself up. God only knows what my neighbors must think of me past out in the stairwell. Only I don't seem to have hands, or feet for that matter. There is something there but it feels different somehow. It feels like it's attached to the floor. I'm man enough to admit that in that moment I may have panicked a little bit. I don't know how much time I spent flailing but I eventually touched something. Not bad for a guy with no hands if you ask me. The only reason I know that I touched something is because I was suddenly greeted by a giant blue box

  What the hell is this shit. Is this supposed to be me. I asked but somehow I already knew it was. I can't really explain how I knew I just did. That means I must have died in that stairwell. Although it seems this here will be a short life as well. With only one damned hit point and no way to defend myself or even hide I can't imagine I'm going to live very long. If I had a way to grind levels it wouldn't be so bad, but even if I could fight monsters the slightest little cut and I'm dead. Also at 1cm what would I even fight. It's all a mute point though as I don't have any offensive abilities.

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  With nothing else to do I decide to just rest. I never realized how good it feels to just exist. Not do anything, not go anywhere, not have anything asked of me, not demand anything of myself, just simply exist. I don't know how long I remained in that half wake state before being brought back to reality by a notification.

  Great, at this rate it will only take me roughly 2 years and 9 months to gain my first level. I mean I guess it's something at least. Slow progress is better than no progress after all. Even if it will probably take a century or more to reach a point where I no longer need to worry about getting killed by animals just casually walking by. I guess this means I'll get to spend a lot of time just relaxing. At least until I'm inevitably stepped on or eaten. So with that I once again return to the half sleep state and just kind of zone out. I stay in this state for a while because really what else is there to do but this. Eventually, I was once again brought back to reality by another notification.

  Not that I'm complaining but that doesn't feel like it's been nearly long enough for me to gain a level. I'm not going to question it to much though. Wouldn't want whoever is in charge to realize they made a mistake. I can already feel the effects of my new passive skill. So since it's the only thing to do besides sleep I mentally do a little walk around. Feeling my roots as they pull water and nutrients from the ground. I can even taste the dirt, in a way. Then I go up to my leaves and just bask in the sun for a while. Only now does it occur to me that trees usually have multiple leaves. If I could face palm I would.

  I guess this means I won't be spending the rest of my life as a 1cm tall sapling. I just wish I could actually see what's around me. Even if there was nothing around me to look at it would still be better than this absolute nothingness. At least I could watch the sun rise or sunset and maybe spy on the occasional fury creature. That is assuming I'm not in a pot on someone window seal. It's comforting to think that I'm in a forest surrounded by larger trees but that might not be the case.