Smell comes back before zir vision does. The air is warm and humid, with the familiar stench of waste water and sewage permeating the air, strong enough that Hinnom can taste it in the back of their throat. Usually, it's not too bad: there's time to adjust, from the fresh air outside to the cramped, stagnant air of the sewers.

Not today. And worse yet is the smell of bile. The smell is so bad, it makes zim want to heave.

It sounds like Pheres is already in the process.

There's spots in zir vision, but ze's used to the transition of light and dark: already Hinnom's vision is clearing, and ze can make out Pheres's outline in front of zim. He's hunched over, wheezing, and - oh, gross, he's the cause of the smell.

He's puking all over the ground, and his nice, white shoes.

"BLUH," Hinnom says, scampering back.