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Then suddenly I am nowhere.
I am no one.
I am alone.
I can't see anything.
I can't hear anything.
I can't feel anything.
I am confused.
I am scared.
I am lonely.
Now there is a road.
There is moonlight.
There are walls.
I see the walls.
I hear the echoes.
I feel weights in my hands.
I look down.
I lift my right hand.
It holds a bomb.
I lift my left hand.
It holds a meaningless holy symbol.
I drop it.
I swore never to use the bomb.
I can't drop it.
It won't go away.
I look up.
I look down the road.
It disappears into darkness.
I look back.
The road is dissolving behind me.
I walk forward.
Up ahead a light flares.
It's brighter than my moonlight.
It shows harsh forms.
It silhouettes a dead black form.
It reflects off a bright, clear crystal.
The blackness blocks the crystal's glow.
The dark figure threatens the crystal.
The beautiful glow cries out to me.
I don't know how to help.
I remember the bomb.
The bomb would destroy the beast.
But it may also shatter the crystal.
The monster glares at me.
I see its bare skull form flesh.
Its new face is my face.
The glare fades away.
I can't see them any more.
But I know they're there.
I dare not throw the bomb.
I might miss.
I might destroy the beautiful crystal.
I hear footsteps beside me.
I'm not really alone.
But they're not really here.
They're friendly and want to help.
They didn't see the horror threaten the beauty.
They don't understand.
The monster's face is my face.
The monster is me.
I become the monster further down the road.
I look at the bomb.
It would destroy me.
And I am the beast.
I look closer at the bomb.
It has a red button.
My left hand reaches for the button.
The echoes whisper to me.
They say the beast is trying to trick me.
They say don't push the button.
Would the bomb hurt them?
I think it would.
But it wouldn't kill them.
It will kill me.
It must kill me.
I will die that the crystal may live.
I push the button.
The moonlight fades...
I awaken with a start.
My right hand is clutching a knife.
It was just a dream.
No, it was a nightmare.
Or was it real?
This must not be my fate.
I can't let it haunt me.
I can't let it happen.
I will do this for the crystal.
I push the button.
The moonlight fades.
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