Prologue - 存在

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Everywhere - Nowhere
Everything - Nothing
Everyone - No One

That's me, for the last few billions or trillions of years.

I was everywhere, seeing the world grow and destroy itself - As well was I wasn't anywhere.
I was everything, from a sword to wind - But I had no official self.
I was everyone, fighting against myself - Just like I wasn't.

That's what I felt for all the time I existed.

I saw every possible cycle happen - From the creation of a planet to its destruction, from the birth of a child to its death.

What else was there to see, to feel, to live?

Nothing.

I was doomed to this boring existence.

If you ever wondered what an eternity felt like, there you have it.
It feels like an eternity.
It feels boring.

Every feeling was taking over my non-physical figure, overwhelming it with 'new' experiences. New for the humans, animals, plants or objects tasting the new reality.

From breathing to suffocating, from touching to feeling, from drawing to erasing, from lighting a fire to extinguishing it with water.

Emotions. Each instant, people experience sentiments. I can perceive all of them.

From sadness to joy to anger to fear. But the most common one... Boredom. There are so many types of boredom.

Almost everyone holds, each instant, from 5% to 90% of boredom. few are the people crossing the 90% line, but they still exist. And are still bored.

Sounds. Each moment, anything does sound. There's nothing I can't hear.

From the wind howling to the weak murmur of leaves to someone's bed sheets moving to a cat licking its fur.

The same goes for every other sense. Sight, which I sometimes wish I couldn't, taste, which made me enjoy any poison, smell, from the soft and sweet aroma of cotton candy to the metallic scent of blood.

But there's far more than that. All the sensations we observe, from the gut feeling to the mysterious power some have.

Suddenly, a voice, louder than the other things I could hear but still smooth to listen to, reached my hearing, interrupting my thoughts:

"Should we awaken her?", It said, apparently talking to another being

I felt the owner of the voices weren't humans. Oh no. Far from that. Too much power could be felt through a single blow of noise to come from such a filthy creature.

"I think it's time, yes, I do, we shall awaken her," A rather rushing voice said, repeating itself.

A soft giggle, clear but light, preceded the next sentence, "It's about time..."

That was the last thing, from all of what I earlier explained, I felt.
No more sound, emotion, touch, sight, smell or touch.
What a relief it was.
I was delighted.



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