1 The Zenith of the Universe

"From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, a summer's day; and with the setting sun dropped from the zenith like a falling star."

- John Milton, Paradise Lost Lines 742-745

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At the death's door he was calm.

He has always been alone.

Orphaned. Mute. Unwanted.

That is basically the summation of his short life, yet he has no sense of resentment.

In the last life, he was like a spectator;

Basking in the sun,

Watching the changes in the world,

Observing people's way of life,

Up until he became one with nature.

He wondered, what happens in the afterlife?

It's a question that no one can really answer and something he won't experience

Because he woke up.

Thrusted in a bizarre world with a foreign body, unfamiliar to him

And a massive responsibility that could overwhelm him any second

Can he face it?

Nevertheless, he's ready because he found something he has always yearned for,

And he was the existence they have been searching for,

A Family.

Their Home.