I see you decided to have a look. I am most flattered.
You yourself are peculiar...not from around here, are you? Not to worry, that is fine on my account. I am fond of visitors.
A hesitation. A consideration.
Do you like the dark?
I do.
It is safe in here. It is calm, certain, clarifying. If you listen closely you can hear the pitter patter of your own heart beating. Imagine that, a flexing thing inside you. Pumping, sustaining...
Measure your breathing. Seconds pass as air through you, up and out, in and down and deeper still, fresh air turning humid within you.
An animal that cannot help but live. That is your body. An admirable thing, treat it well. Forgive it for being yours to begin with, change it as you wish.
Regardless of the shape, I would love to keep you company for some time.
A gentle sigh brushes the silence. A sense of comfortable quiet pervades. You and the Other simply exist.
I wonder what you will do when you move on from this place.
If you wish to stay, or wish to go. If you wish to return at all to what you knew before. If you retread your path, will your footsteps remain the same?
Who's to say, really.
You settle into the understanding that if you allow it, the next time you wake, you may be something different.
Your palm meets something small and dry. You cannot see what it is, but if you focus, you're almost certain it's...