Chapter 93

7. Fate’s Compensation “Awaken.” That whisper made the girl look up. She couldn’t see a thing around her. There was only cold, watery darkness, and she was crouched in the middle of it. Her dark eyes scanned the surroundings. There was no indication of what she’d been doing. She didn’t know who she was. She was all alone. A formless voice spoke to her. “Where is it you want to go back to?” She wanted to return to a distant place. But where? “The moment you choose, the world will form anew.” The voice’s words were lost on her, for she was only a thirteen-year-old lost in the dark. She’d been detained here to choose another path. “Out of all your infinite memories of your lives, choose the safest time for you.” The safest? “Or the happiest.” The happiest? “Go on, choose.” Choose. She only had one option. To go to him, to where he was. To whatever the closest place to him was, to a time when she had fallen asleep at ease. There was no cause for wavering or hesitation. Standing up straight, she picked up the orbs at her feet. “Run. Go.” She sprinted away. A light glowed where she had chosen. There, the world was being formed. She didn’t look back at the darkness. Her young body became an adult’s. For the world that was taking shape, she ran. “This time, it is your soul that will have new records etched onto it.” She was no longer listening to the voice. Entranced, she dashed for the place and time where she wished to be. “Give it as many tries as you like. You humans will keep trying, over and over.” She ran. The darkness of the lake water faded. With every bound, the world reformed and recreated itself. “Try. Keep trying until you get to the ending you want.” Then she leaped into the blinding white radiance.