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I tried writing down what the sun felt like in case I forgot again. Tried, at least.

Could you tell me a little about your worlds, if you don't mind sharing?

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*To forget the sun...Enoch will gladly tell stories. He just hopes his own Earth won't feel like a mockery to Aleph. And that....that doesn't come up.*

There are two worlds which I could call mine. One is Earth, and the other named Meridian. Shall I tell you of both, Aleph?

If you would like to, Enoch. I'm all right with whichever.

[It'd definitely be better if 'that' doesn't come up.]

*There were going to be sore spots however it went. So Enoch would start with Meridian. That was but a small moment in time as compared to everything else. He wanted to preserve that memory.*

Meridian was a world made of a city. It was similar to this tower in that natural rifts would bring people from many worlds, and from different points in time in the same world, to it, and that a being with great power oversaw its daily maintenance and provided for the guests brought in through the rifts. That very being is here in this tower, in fact, and her name is Sola. She was a kind ruler, even if she didn't understand the way things were meant to taste, and her food never tasted the way one would expect. She cared for the city and its new inhabitants. She always worked to restore the peace whenever it was broken.

These are good memories. If only my memory of it ended there. But I will not trouble you with more than these. You seek the comfort of happy memories, do you not?

Good memories or bad ones - I just want to remember what it's like to be anywhere but here.

I think I've spoken to Sola. She seemed kind.

She did not deserve the fate that befell her. For once, I am grateful for this tower, as it saved her life before it could be brutally ended.

But I wouldn't speak of the Meridian I returned to. I would rather live in this world over Meridian's ruins.

I can understand that feeling. At least, in this tower, you're not alone.

Indeed. True loneliness is *Pause to find the right word, to still his shaking fingers.* torture.

What about your Earth?

It was like any other Earth of its time, I suppose, though I can't imagine any other Earth. There were many kingdoms, each with its own unique qualities, and despite the veil keeping it from God's eyes, the people were living well enough, proving their competence in making it their home on their own.

What was the favorite kingdom you've been to?

It's hard to say; I cannot remember them all.

That many, huh? Your world seems a lot bigger than mine. Hard to imagine.

There were not too many kingdoms, but too many years. I wandered them for three hundred years, and I can hardly be expected to remember the ones from the beginning of my journey.

You're quite a bit older than me, then. You don't show your age.

I am quite a bit older than many people. Immortality is prized for its agelessness, but many of those that want it do not understand all of what it entails.

I wouldn't want it. I've seen what it does to my best friend and the only reason I would need it is to keep him company.

It is the only reason I wish to keep mine - those I care for most are immortal by nature. I will not subject them to the pain of grief.

*...Even though the evidence points to them being dead.*

You're a kind person.

Thank you. You are a good man, yourself, Aleph.

*For all the trouble their differing situations bring them.*

I'm glad you think so.

[Enoch in particular.]

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[Text] That moment when the immediate line of IC logic would break a later thread...

[Text] Curse you linear time o9

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