He did not know how much time had passed, but it felt like he was in a time past infinity, in a place void of time; he could still feel them gnawing at his body as he lost his senses one after another, and the pain subsidized as there were less body parts for him to feel. He found himself or a body that he thought was himself made up of pure energy floating in space as he steadied his thoughts, detaching them from his body and more on his mind in the place he currently found himself.
It was weird, it was the first time he had tried something like that. It was a beautiful and weird experience, but he some how had a sense of familiarity like he had been doing something like this for a very long time. Maybe he did, he was not just conscious of it. After taking some time to appreciate the beauty of his surroundings, he started to wonder how he got there as he inspected the area but all he could see was a wide vast view of nothingness in all directions, from above him, below him and at his sides. "What is this place?" He asked himself as he took in his surroundings.
"Why do you always ask the wrong questions?" A low voice rumbled and echoed all around the area. He quickly spun around to get the person who spoke as the voice startled him but he saw no one. He was alone in Nothing! He quickly gave up.
"All I want right now is sleep." He thought to himself and heard the echo reverberate through the area again. "Where exactly am I?" He questioned just to hear the echoes repeat themselves in a very irritating manner.
"Why do you always ask the wrong questions?" The voice questioned again.
"What are you?" Zephyr asked losing his patience.
"Wrong question."
"Can you just give the fucking answer? I have had a hell of days the past weeks; I don't need a riddle, puzzle-giving bitch to ring out nonsensical bits in a play of wisdom. So if you don't want to say anything just fuck off and let me wake up from this hell of a dream." Zephyr said everything in one breath.
A long, calm silence followed; there was no breathing, confirming his thoughts on this was not being his body, maybe spirit or soul, who knows. These past weeks had not been easy for him; he was sure many people who went through the ritual but did not go through it with so much formality. Well, whatever was done was successful and attracted an Entity which is a breakthrough in the science of the Binding Rituals.
"Maybe that is why many of them die along the way." The entity thought as he stared at the young lad.
"What is your name?" Zephyr asked as he stared into the void letting go of all the worries that was weighing down, he was too tired to think right now.
"Kaelan." The low voice mumbled.
"What are you?"
"You do not want to know," Kaelan replied.
Zephyr let out a short sigh and closed his eyes. "Then, who are you?"
"That too, " Kaelan answered shortly.
"How come you know everything about me and I know nothing about you?" Zephyr asked with distrust evident in his tone and swung himself around in the void.
"I do not have any knowledge about you. We share a body but your memories are locked in your soul and that I have no control over," Kaelan answered.
"So why can I not know what or who you are?" Zephyr asked as he looked around the space.
"As I mentioned before we share a body not a soul, we cannot access each other's memories without permission. Your mind and body are currently weak, you need rest."
"That we both agree on," Zephyr said as he let out a sigh of relief and slowly batted his long eyelashes and took long deep breaths and thinking through what he just heard and the little experience he had managed to escape from. "Where you with me back there?"
"Yes."
"How? I'm sure that was my soul coz that was my memory." Zephyr questioned.
"A corrupted memory." Kaelan stated.
'Well, it was a corrupted memory coz Sera and her mom did not show cannibalistic tendencies. They were too ambitious for such trivial hobbies.'
"Why did you not help me then?"
"You did not ask for my help," Kaelan stated.
"I would have called you if I knew you were there, dimwit. Tch." Zephyr defended himself. "But what was that all about?"
"You killed someone."
He fell into silence and got lost in his thoughts. It is true, he killed someone.
"But what does that have to do with the whole vision and it was in defense of my mom."
"But she could not kill your Mom," Kaelan stated.
"She would have if she stood a chance." Zephyr defended his actions as he swallowed a hard bitter lump in his throat. "I took that chance away."
They were silent again for a longer period of time. He expected Kaelan to bash him and reprimand him for his actions but he was just silent.
"Would you have done the same?" Zephyr asked as he contemplated his actions.
"I do not have the authority to take someone's life away from them; it is theirs, not mine."
"So would you till have done the same?" Zephyr asked again.
"Everyone is different." Kaelan replied after a while.
"You are right," Zephyr said as he bit his tongue. He knew he was talking more to himself, reassuring himself more than he was speaking with Kaelan. "So why did that happen?"
"Your consciousness? An mental attack? Your fear?" Kaelan listed. "It could be from you, from the aura of the surrounding where your body is right now, or a sent attack. There are many factors to consider."
"So how do I conquer it? I still feel the pain." Zephyr said as he tenderly touched his chest.
"Go with the flow and stop trying to control it."
Zephyr's eyes widened as he heard that. "Go with the flow and bear the pain as they eat me away?"
"Are you not doing that right now?" Kaelan asked making.