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✖ In this life, this distant reality that was so much more like a dream than a true, existing world… Kaeyonari was happy. There was no pain, no birthmark of fate, no prophecy of tragedy to mar the purity of an innocent childhood, a loving family & a sparkling growth into adulthood. This time around there was no death, no looming threat, to define a destiny of dark intent, no need for revenge. This time around everything was perfect.
Ghelen had never left her children, their father wasn’t a distant memory to resent at night. Their small family stayed together, the twins only knowing hardship in the trials of youth: school & friends & scraped knees & lost love. There was nothing to stop them from being who they were, with supportive parents & dreams of something bigger, something more. Kaey’s love never once faltered, his broken hearts mending under the delicate touch of his mother, his injuries always a bandage away from some learned lesson, his sister loved for her energy & presence, resented for her status as the ‘oldest’ child. Their father was a man of worth, of means, who guided his children with wise hands & an open heart. They feared nothing but the dark, their nightmares of spiders & drowning distant fears burned away by the light.
Where there was no pain there was love & understanding. Their lives were simple, sincere, & they wanted for nothing. Kaey had his family at last, love that reigned unconditional. This time there was no fear, no anger, to drive his heart to bitterness. This time the bullies were young boys & harsh employers & women who craved only for his heart. This time the only death was that of their childhood pet, a grandmother who had often told them tales from her days on a reservation in Oklahoma. This time the only trauma was a burnt hand, a bad haircut, & an allergic reaction all healed by time & love. This time what had been before was nothing but a story written in college, a simple prompt asking for a tale so much different than his own life.
This time Kaey was more than the fear & pain. There was no blood, no bullets, save for those in the late night movies he watched at his sister’s side & the books he read on the bus ride home from work. What was dark was now pure, warm light that had been long awaited, & long deserved.