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Continuum || Emma-Lee M

I arrived at the edge of the universe the day after I thought I would, or at least, what the day would have been, if I had still been home. I had left so long ago, it’s a miracle I still knew the date. Not that I would know if I was wrong, mind you, but I’d go so far to say that it didn’t matter at this point.

I think the most surprising part was that there weren’t any stars. Or maybe all of it was stars. It’s hard to tell what’s real, when it’s all laid out in front of you like that. I wish I could have captured it, when I had the chance. It was spectacular, though not in the way you’d expect. I’d tell you to picture something you’d never come up with on your own, but I guess that’s impossible. I imagine my word will have to do.

There was somebody else there. A woman, ancient and tempered, sitting alone. At least, I thought she was a woman. She was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Either way, she looked up at me when I arrived, but didn’t say anything until after I did.

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