The Nomad Chronicles

Raven and I are walking together in the Biodome, talking about dreams. She gets upset, and starts to cry. She says she feels alone, even though I am with her. It doesn't make sense. I put my arm around her, and we walk to the koi pond.

We sit down on the grass. "The fish, they are so beautiful."

I make a stream connecting the koi pond to a waterfall on the mountain. Raven smiles at me.

"Now if any of the fish swim up the waterfall, they will become dragons." Some of the fish begin swimming upstream.

"It's beautiful, Nomad."

"Raven, this is New Eden. We have created a new utopia, an example for the people of Urth. This Moon, used to be a planet, teeming with life. This Green Moon, this is a dream of the Moon itself. It's remembering its ancient self. It wants the Earthlings to terraform it. Those algae I saw that covered the very first tower I perceived on the moon are still here in the physical plane.

You and I are Adam and Eve, we all are. We are God and Goddess, Creator and Destroyer. We all have great power within us to do great good or great harm. We are the masters of our own destiny."

"That sounds nice, Nomad, but I really don't feel a part of everything."

"I know, but we are infinitely interconnected to everything whether we like it or not?"

"Then what's the point of anything? Of even existing, or trying to change our destiny?"

"I don't know. But, right now, I don't feel like All, and I don't think I ever will. I do enjoy my idea of selfhood, but when I realize evil people are like me, then I see I have maybe very slight tendencies, or always the capacity to act as them. Simultaneously, when we realize we are all one, we will have world peace. What if we don't need destruction for creation? What if we don't need evil for good?"

"Nomad? I have an idea of what you're saying, but a lot of it just doesn't make sense to me."

I stare into Raven's eyes.

"Me too."

Raven giggles, then her stare grows intense...