A story had been created.
Not written.
Not discovered.
Created.
SEENEE stared at it.
A moment ago, it had not been there.
Now it was.
A beginning.
A world.
A history.
A future.
And above all of it...
a name.
NAFSAN STORY.
SEENEE remained silent for a moment.
Then he looked directly at you.
“Well.”
“I suppose we have another story to tell.”
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He smiled.
“If you don't know me...”
“My name is SEENEE.”
“I am the narrator.”
“I tell stories.”
“Sometimes one at a time.”
“Sometimes many at once.”
“And usually...”
“I know what I'm talking about.”
Usually.
SEENEE looked back at the newly formed story.
Something about this one bothered him.
Not because he couldn't read it.
He could.
The moment it entered Sirna, it became a story.
And once it became a story...
SEENEE could begin to know it.
Its world.
Its history.
Its beginning.
Its characters.
Its possibilities.
But that wasn't the problem.
The problem was what happened before that.
Before NAFSAN STORY existed within Sirna...
SEENEE had seen something.
Only for a moment.
A glimpse.
And it hadn't come from his own eyes.
It came through Nafsan's.
SEENEE's expression changed.
He remembered it.
Nothing.
But even calling it nothing felt wrong.
It wasn't darkness.
Darkness was something.
It wasn't empty space.
Space was something.
There were no stars.
No worlds.
No distance.
No direction.
No universe.
No Sirna.
And Nafsan...
had been there.
Then he entered.
And the moment he entered Sirna...
NAFSAN STORY was created.
SEENEE looked at the title again.
“So I have a few questions.”
He raised one finger.
“What is Reality Door?”
A second.
“Where is Reality Door?”
Then he paused.
His expression became more serious.
“Or maybe the better question is...”
“Does ‘where’ even mean anything when we're talking about it?”
Another question.
“What is Nafsan?”
SEENEE stopped.
Then corrected himself.
“No.”
“Who is Nafsan?”
Another pause.
“Actually...”
“I'm not sure which of those questions is correct.”
He looked toward the story.
“What does he want?”
“Why did he come into Sirna?”
“And where was he before he entered?”
SEENEE's smile had completely disappeared now.
Then came the question that bothered him most.
“What exactly did I see...”
“when I looked through Nafsan's eyes?”
Silence.
For once, the narrator didn't have an answer.
And perhaps that was exactly why this story fascinated him.
SEENEE stepped aside.
Behind him...
NAFSAN STORY opened.
“Those are my questions.”
He looked at you one last time.
“Maybe this story will answer them.”
A small smile returned.
“Or maybe...”
“we'll leave with even more.”
The first page turned.
SEENEE disappeared.
And somewhere inside a world that had only just entered Sirna...
a King opened his eyes.
NAFSAN STORY
BEGINS.
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