The Annihilation of Foreverland
“Grainy particles, scratching.
Momma?
A boy. He sounded sad, crying for— First! I’m first!
On the right. Someone excited, someone— You go first!
Where am I?
How long until we eat? I’m hungry.
The voices bunched together, above and below. They were everywhere, but nothing came out of the gray mist. The bodiless words whizzing by like passing trains.
The mist thickened.
The grains pelted his face like sand. He looked at his hands, saw his feet and realized he was standing on something solid. The w...ind began pulling away, revealing a white floor.
A spot of color developed ahead of him. It was soft and faded, like a beacon appearing in a blizzard. It was pink.
Then red.
Bright red.
The mist swirled out like an ever-widening hurricane. And then it was gone. He was in a round room, walls white. And she was sitting in the center, hands on her lap. The bright red hair cut below the shoulders.
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience,” she said, softly. “But you couldn’t know where you were going.MoreLess
Momma?
A boy. He sounded sad, crying for— First! I’m first!
On the right. Someone excited, someone— You go first!
Where am I?
How long until we eat? I’m hungry.
The voices bunched together, above and below. They were everywhere, but nothing came out of the gray mist. The bodiless words whizzing by like passing trains.
The mist thickened.
The grains pelted his face like sand. He looked at his hands, saw his feet and realized he was standing on something solid. The w...ind began pulling away, revealing a white floor.
A spot of color developed ahead of him. It was soft and faded, like a beacon appearing in a blizzard. It was pink.
Then red.
Bright red.
The mist swirled out like an ever-widening hurricane. And then it was gone. He was in a round room, walls white. And she was sitting in the center, hands on her lap. The bright red hair cut below the shoulders.
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience,” she said, softly. “But you couldn’t know where you were going.MoreLess
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