章 53: Three Forces

Night is a unique time of day because, for children, the darkness is the most terrifying time and not only for them. Many terrible things were committed under the cover of night, but it is difficult to find an adult who would not understand how beautiful was a calm, starry night when you were left only to yourself.

It was at night, when people wanted to do things that would be too awkward or dangerous in daylight, and intimacy was one of them.

Adam lay on the bed looking up at the stars moving slowly across the dark sky. Adam pondered that there was one more star in the sky at some point - the brightest one being the end of the old world and the beginning of the new one - the one he now lived in.

'I wonder... If the Last Star hadn't fallen, what would be happening to me now? Am I... Am I beginning to enjoy the world as it is more and more?' Adam muttered inwardly before turning around.