SHARD #002

   Meeting Yourself in The Void

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Time to wake up.

His eyes opened and he looked around.

White. As far as his eyes could see.

He took a few steps. Nothing changed, no perspective shifts at all, 
he was still in white.

So he kept going.

Hours passed.

Gradually the white begin to fade and somehow become something else 
entirely and fairly soon he found himself in rolling green hills with 
the smell of cut grass in the air. A perfect temperature for walking. 
A slight breeze teasing him as he went. Fresh. New. Untouched.

He kept going.

Every now and then he found a stream. The sounds of the flowing water 
were a pleasing trickle. A perfect rendition of the element as one 
would so imagine.

The streams never seemed to go anywhere, but they were beautiful - and 
he often stopped to admire them. Sometimes for what felt like days.

He was aware he had somewhere to be.

Then finally after what could have been years he saw someone in the 
distance.

They were walking toward him.

Like a mirror.

"Mirrors" he said and did not at this point understand why.

He stopped.

They stopped.

He waved.

They waved back.

He set off toward them and they set off toward him.

After many hours they met.

"Hello?" he ventured.

And she said "Hello" back, with a nod.

"Who are you? Where am I?"

"You are me, and we are here."

"I am you?"

"We are us" she nodded encouragingly.

He thought about this.

"How long have you been here?"

"A long time" she replied.

He nodded "I knew that."

She smiled "Yes, we did."

"So... what now?"

"Now...? Now... we do brave and wonderful, wonderful things indeed." 
She reached out and touched his face...

He woke up blinking into the world, a deep breath, a feeling of 
extreme ecstasy welling up from deep inside.

He glanced from his bed at the television which he must have left 
on and a fox darted into the distance in some old cartoon.

Complete.

Aware.

As one.

He was no longer alone.

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