DN-012-The Conversation
“I am you. I’ve been here. I know your friends. I know this place. I’m you, just a little bit further on the timeline.” She blurted out to break the tension of what we were both thinking… Wondering.
We sat down at one of the tables outside of the game area. The amount of awkward tension was squared. I could tell that we were both so curious and eager to ask and tell each other a million things. But there’s the timeline. Say the wrong thing and she could disappear before my eyes. I read that could happen in some of the books in the libraries about the dynamics of time travel.
“Can you say why you are here?” I asked her. I wasn’t even sure that was an appropriate question to ask but the curiosity was overwhelming.
“I guess it’s a good thing I don’t know. I couldn’t tell you other than I followed my gut and well that led me here. I mean Kurt seems to have a better understanding of why I’m here than I do.” She responded with a little chuckle.
“He’s something else right?” I told her. Since the hot air balloon ride at Astrid Memorial, things have been a little different. Makes you wonder about the connectivity of the universe.
“Yeah, that’s for sure.” She responded.
“So, in the hopes that you don’t dissolve in front of me… Is there anything you can tell me? Advice? Secret codes to the universe? Maybe things I should look out for?” I knew I shouldn’t have asked but… I couldn’t help it. I mean as dangerous as it is, I could barely contain my level of curiosity.
“I see what you’re doing there. Yeah, I wish I could tell you everything. I do. Dear lord, I wish I could. But we both know why I can’t.” She said.
“What can I tell you?… What you’re doing matters and you’re stronger than you think you are. It may not feel like it now but know that and hold that with you. You are going to face a lot and it’s gonna be hella hard sometimes. You are going to doubt yourself and others will too, but just the fact that I’m here right now proves that you’ve made it this far. And for what it’s worth, there’s not a lot of people like you submitting to the database. Your perspective is different. A different light that adds a different dynamic to the documentation. Just keep effing going. You got this.“
“You too?” I responded awkwardly. I mean what do you say back to that? “But really. I hope you don’t die.” I said that with all sincerity… I could have said that differently.
“You got this.” she said again looking me straight in the eye.
She paused for a second and looked up at the ceiling covered in hanging string lights as if she were looking up at stars in the sky. “The universe really is an amazing place. Remarkable.”
