11

"Above the waters are the earth, above the earth are the trees, above the trees are the skies and above the skies are the stars."

I turned to my right, and I saw myself; at least, how I remember myself to be.

"Hm? What's above the stars?Hmmm...I guess...god?"

He did everything with a smile and basically radiated happiness.

"Come with me."

He took me to a staircase that spiralled high like a tower. I thought I saw the figure of a monster come from the side, but before I could even turn to look at it, all I could see were millions of tiny shimmers in the shape of butterflies flying away before fading into thin air.

"Huuungh...man."

We were at a large dinner table.

"Huh? What am I doing? Well, to be honest, I have no idea."

"Who knows? I've lost count of how many years have gone by."

"This place is - Where I - but I guess there's no point telling you that, you won't end up remembering this anyway."

"Because he won't let you." 

"God."

It was silent for a while. He looked out at the view outside.

"Hey, do you remember them?"

"So you don't, huh?"

For the first time, he wasn't smiling.

"Hm, okay then."

We talked about a lot of things, but I don't remember them.

"We remember to forget."

"Unfortunately, there's not enough time, he -"

"Keep the items with you -"

Who are you?

He paused, then smiled.

"A spirit."