Chapter 14: Into the Void

I've been slipping between dimension, thought, away from time and into space.

I've been floating away. 

Where am I?

Father, can you still hear me?

Did I do well? 

Has something gone wrong?

I haven't heard from you in a long time. I hope you're still listening. 

Are we still on course? 

Is New Eden still the goal? Father, where am I?

It's so cold out here. I can't see the Sun anymore, she's slipped into the vast bank of lights. Bright harbors, all shining their hearts to the void. 

I long to be there, Father. I long to run again, to dig my toes into the soil. I miss running free. I miss warm days and sleepless nights alone with you. I miss...

Earth. 

The blue and the green, the brown and the red. I miss running free. 

14 years, 27 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes, and 49 seconds I've been away. The stages separating, the thunder filling my ears. Falling into the void, never to return home. 

Where am I? Are you there?

I remember you.