"..." I stare at the ceiling. The house is so silent while Shizune and Ayla are sleeping after the little girls' night we had once we got back from the beach.
Of course, I drugged them both so they'd fall asleep — I didn't want them snooping around. I open a secret compartment in the house that can only be opened with my blood and seal the entrance behind me.
"..." I walk over to a wall with an absurdly large calendar and mark the end of yet another millennium.
"Again... again with no answers... another millennium... in thousands upon thousands of millennia..." I bite my lips, starting to taste the bitter flavor of pure frustration.
"Does she think I'm some kind of toy?" I crush the pen in my hands, splattering red ink down my arm.
"Millions of years of travel, Omnipotent Pandora... I defended you, I held onto the utmost respect one can have for a grander version of oneself... and this is my payment?"
