Pain brought numbness, and with it, the cessation of life. Sorrow and pain transformed into an ocean, filling the world's core. A world that had just awakened with consciousness was destroyed by its own gods, shattered by the children born and nurtured from itself. It was meant to die, yet was forcibly pieced together again. From the moment its consciousness began, it had been enduring indescribable pain. The world only wished for death.
Facing the choices presented by the group, Alka found himself in a unique position. His past experience—lying on a hospital bed in a previous life, suffering until he wished for death rather than enduring endless, hopeless treatment—was remarkably similar to the world's current state.
He could understand.
His loved ones, those who cared, had tried to save him then, but he himself had prayed for death.
He empathized too deeply; he felt its suffering as if it were his own.
So he was conflicted.
