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"So, what remains?" Maaya asked.
"After the end?" I continued.
"A way to speak" we thought.
"And someways not to" said a voice.
We were sitting on a ridge, high and narrow, having vertical slopes like a cliff on both sides.
"We should not fight" I said.
"We have no reasons to" said Maaya.
"Nothing" we thought.
The night sky above had a few shimmering stars.
"Should we have separated?" I asked.
"You drew the line" Maaya said.
"Should we have waited more?" we thought.
"No" said Heli, the voice.
Some were coming. They were not far away, but hardly visible in the starlight.
"Have we changed?" I asked.
"Does it matter?" Maaya asked.
"Something remains" we thought.
"Yes" said Heli.
They came and waved hello. Each of them carried a light of its own.
"An egg of light for each of you" said Heli while offering, she smiled.
A cocoon had me and was lit. There were twinkles, some were spontaneous, and some hid.
"I hear a child's voice" I said.
"Same here" she said, "Mine says he loves me".
"Wow", I said.
"Oh yes", she said.
"Do you want to come in mine?" we thought.
"The child wants something", I said.
"I want", she said.
"Maybe we didn't meet for the wrong reason", we thought.
"She pointed at a light", I said.
"His hand holds something", she said.
"What is it?", we thought.
"She is smiling", I said.
"He is looking away", she said.
"They are happy", we thought.
I was suddenly feeling sad.
She was suddenly feeling angry.
"We know why this is hapenning", we thought.
"An egg of light was for each of you" said Heli.
The cocoon shrank, excluded me, and continued shrinking till it was big enough to hold the baby. Then they waved and said a goodbye and the two cocoons slowly drifted away from us. We watched in silence till they were small enough. Our emotions also started dissipating away slowly.
"I cannot go back to it ignoring everything else", I said.
"Neither can I wait for mine any longer, I think", she said.
"We don't like this", we thought.
"They were happy", said Heli, pointing at the hardly visible speck of light, "And they will be", she whispered.
