{"id":6138,"date":"2013-11-05T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2013-11-05T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T19:00:25","slug":"a-brief-glimpse-over-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/a-brief-glimpse-over-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Glimpse Over The Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ABriefGlimpse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDid you ever see the end of The NeverEnding Story<\/i>, where Atreyu awakes on Falkor and finds themselves lost, drifting around debris with no sight of home or the Ivory Tower?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA long time ago.\u201d\u00a0 He barely looked up from his book.\u00a0 \u201cWhy do you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what it looks like out there.\u00a0 Nothing but debris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, the nothing really won.\u201d\u00a0 He went back to his reading.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, it did.\u00a0 If only we had something to guide us, something to lead us back home.\u201d\u00a0 She pressed her hand against the cold, clear glass window.\u00a0 \u201cI want to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t go home.\u201d\u00a0 He slumped back against the wall, stretching his legs out before him.\u00a0 \u201cThe shock wave knocked us here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut where is here?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be serious?\u201d\u00a0 She turned to look at him.\u00a0 \u201cHaven\u2019t you ever heard that expression?\u00a0 \u2018There are no happy endings because nothing ever ends.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Unicorn<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0 She nodded, but she was still sad.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s nothing we can do.\u00a0 You know that.\u00a0 Thinking of the past and its classics doesn\u2019t change anything.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t change our fate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to die here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook out the window.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been looking out the window.\u00a0 The stars are too damn far away, so far away that their light is like a grain of sand.\u00a0 We\u2019re lost, and nobody is coming to look for us.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t that scare you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI stopped being scared when the rest of the ship gave way.\u00a0 Nobody is going to come and look for us because nobody knows that we survived.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a matter of time, and then we too will die.\u201d\u00a0 He glanced down at the book in his hands.\u00a0 \u201cEverything has a beginning, and everything has an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t end like this.\u00a0 It can\u2019t end like this for us.\u00a0 It\u2019s not fair!\u201d\u00a0 She slammed her hand against the window.\u00a0 \u201cWe should have died with the rest of the crew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we were in here when it happened.\u00a0 We\u2019re lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLucky?\u201d\u00a0 She spun toward him.\u00a0 \u201cHow are we so damn lucky?\u00a0 They died quick.\u00a0 We\u2019re dying slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook out the window.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cForget the damn window!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook!\u201d\u00a0 Now, he rose to his feet with his book still in hand.\u00a0 \u201cWe get to see something that nobody ever gets to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe edge of the universe.\u201d\u00a0 He stood beside her.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s like a black ocean with rocks drifting along its surface, and we drift with it.\u00a0 Or if we push, we can fall over the edge, and then we won\u2019t be playing the waiting game any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been days, weeks.\u201d\u00a0 She slowly touched his hand.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m tired of waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if we push, we\u2019ll meet our end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, let\u2019s meet our end instead of killing time.\u201d\u00a0 His grip tightened over hers.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know,\u201d he whispered.\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure?\u201d\u00a0 She nodded.\u00a0 \u201cI can fire up the rockets once more, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 No more energy.\u00a0 No more life support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, that\u2019s it.\u201d\u00a0 She glanced down at the book in his hands.\u00a0 \u201cA Brief History of Time <\/i>by Stephen W. Hawking.\u00a0 Any good?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery.\u00a0 I\u2019m almost done with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at the end, sweetheart.\u00a0 It\u2019s better now, if we just let go,\u201d and with that said, the book slipped from his hand and disappeared into the darkness below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDid you ever see the end of The NeverEnding Story, where Atreyu awakes on Falkor and finds themselves lost, drifting around debris with no sight of home or the Ivory Tower?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA long time ago.\u201d He barely looked up from his book. \u201cWhy do you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what it looks like out there. Nothing but debris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, the nothing really won.\u201d He went back to his reading.<\/p>\n

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