Chapter 1: 0: Prologue

The moon stood motionless above the still water, its full face facing me—watching me. Waiting for me.

I was stranded away from it on a distant shore, gazing across the water’s expanse. I admired the moon’s soft petal whiteness, like a lily whose beauty, as all things ethereal, appeared patient and eternal. My chest was empty yet full of midnight air and anticipation.

Come, it called. Even forever fades.

A ghost of reasoning clung to me—diving into the ocean after something in the sky was idiotic. But the wisp was smothered by the nature of the numinal space, a realm whose numbing softness steadily lulled me into contentedness.

Gently, I dipped a paw into black waters. It was cold, pricking my pads, like I just put bare skin on ice. A single, hesitant step sank deeper than I expected, drawing out a whine.

Why are you waiting? the moon called again. I paced, scraping my claws on the pebbles of the shore.

I can’t, my tired tongue panted. I can’t.

Then, the moon, which had seemed so affixed like the stars in the night sky, began to descend. Soon, it was gonna be lost beneath the water’s horizon. Crossing the water seemed impossible; letting the moon leave was unbearable. My heart beat hard against its cage as it sank lower and lower.

Rushed, I cried out and took the plunge, leaping into the water and paddling. My attempt to swim to the moon quickly changed to an attempt to keep my head above water as I sank faster than a stone. I parted my lips to howl. Cold water rushed to fill my nose and mouth, stinging my throat.

Lost in the swirling darkness, I lost sight of the moon and the sky’s pinpricks of stars. Just when I thought the waters had fully consumed me, a pale hand reached down from above. Thin fingers extended towards me through the current, luminous as rays of moonlight.

But, before I could grab it, everything was pulled away.

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