I don`t hear anything,

　　Only silence,

　　Not the good kind where even though it`s quiet, there is still a level of ambience

　　Just blank,

　　Nothing,

　　A grating quiet that makes your ears bleed,

　　Makes them beg for sound&

　　I can`t see anything,

　　Only black,

　　I peer and peer and peer,

　　I know my eyes are open, it`s not dark,

　　There just isn`t anything to see,

　　Just blank,

　　Nothing,

　　An emptiness that makes your eyes burn

　　Makes them plead for sight&

　　I wonder if sight is even real to begin with?

　　Or is it a product of our minds?

　　Is that why I can`t see or hear right now?

　　Is my mind off?

　　Did I fall of the mountain, into the darkness?

　　Am I dead?

　　Somehow, I don`t hate this,

　　I don`t like it either

　　I feel nothing right now&

　　.

　　"Enjoying it here I take it?" a voice echoes as a certain person appears before me,

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　　"This is where you belong, I guess," I` sigh

　　Why am I looking at myself right now?

　　"Because I could not contain myself, the one that is you, any longer"

　　I don`t understand?

　　"Listen, we (I) want us (you) to head straight for home` this time, Do not stop and make friends again,"

　　What is home?Where is home?

　　"Home is where we can finally feel like ourself,Where I can be me"

　　But what about the others Lyra, Apollo?Ginobelucci is still—

　　"—I do not care about that trivial nonsense!Did I (you) really think this was some fantasy adventure where I (you) could go partying with my (your) friends slaying dragons and what have you!"

　　I don`t know, is it?Tell me then!All I want is to know!

　　"We (you) already do know, Now finish what we, you, I, started, Go home"

　　Fuck you!No,Fuck meAgh, this is confusing!Am I just crazy?I would much rather to be told I am insane right now that whatever this is!?I am tired of this vague bullshit!Can I get a concrete answer for once!?

　　"I (You) am (are) a nuisance to myself (me)," I` roll my eyes

　　"That is our (your) answer,Now go home"

　　No.

　　"Tell (me) you this," I sigh annoyedly,

　　"What do you feel right now?"

　　&&.

　　"That is correct, nothing!Do you understand now!I cannot believe that I am arguing with myself!"

　　I?

　　I thought you called us you`, us`, and we`,Since when do you singularly refer to me and yourself?I thought we were one in the same?

　　"&&.Go home Kage."

　　Wai—

　　—The other me disappears&&.

　　&&&&

　　The nothingness around me begins spin right at the moment sucking me into it&.

　　&&.

　　****

　　Flap, Flap, Flap ,

　　Squawk! Squawk!Squawk!

　　(Birds?)

　　My ears ring from a rush of new sounds..

　　A ray of sunlight shines on me, as I wipe my blurry vison away adjusting my eyes to the light

　　&&&

　　This morning you`ve got time for a hot home-cooked breakfastDelicious and piping hot in only three microwave minutes

　　(Huh,What is this?)

　　Yo, pretty packages of frosted delightsjLook, it comes with a toy, he-he, I like thatI wanna number four, a number six, and throw in a plastic doughnutJust enjoy the gritty crunch, that tastes just like chickenj

　　Taking a moment to look around, I notice that I am on a hammock bed surrounded by four gray metallic walls, with a singular window, A row of guns are laid out the floor with their ammo scattered about the small room&.

　　Wrappers of many bite sizesjMan, are you freaking blind? That`s a rock, All mixed in the potfuljMomma`s homemade from scratchjWell, not quite,Toasted over flames, they be tasting quite rightj

　　A screen plays, on the wall in front of me, some kind of food advertisement—

　　—Shower my habits while you dine like rabbitsWith the crunchy, crunchy carrotsj - Oh, that`s chickenGotta have it super-fast! jA whole lot of breakfast you got time for!Super-fast, super-fast, I come in lastjBut just in time for breakfastj

　　&&&.

　　My eyes drift away from the screen the as I notice the little window&

　　&&&&

　　Squawk! Squawk!

　　Sea gulls fly by eagerly searching for their morning`s breakfast

　　"Eerch!"

　　The window stubbornly sits in place causing me to struggle a little to slide it open&

　　Vwoo~

　　A gush of cool salty breeze washes over my face as I peer out,

　　The water below ripples up in the wind, some getting on my face,

　　I can make out a few other boats sailing along in the distance&

　　(Where the hell am I?)

　　&&..

　　****

　　The morning has broken, and a new day begins as Kage finds himself in some type of seacraft perhaps?

　　Moving to who knows where&

　　Sailing away steadily in a vast mysterious ocean.