Under a Starless Sky

“This world is real,” Loxy agreed. “Oa has all the memories of Jon, from the point of identity acceptance to before the first emergence of thought structure. All of the people who populated your life, shaped your life, now exist in her. You, Shen, exist in her. Jon does. I do. You are still you and independent, but you were never you alone, in isolation, in a vacuum. You are the bridge to source, to our primary universe. Oa is the bridge to her own worlds, her own universe- another Source Creator. The two of you exist together in this between space. She now exists in you, the way you exist in her.”

“Why doesn’t she speak to me directly?” Shen said.

“She is,” Loxy said.

“Through you?” Shen asked.

“No. She is speaking to you directly. The real you. The subconscious you. She sees the subconscious you as the real you. She knows you by your true name,” Loxy said.

“My true name?”

“Oh, you can’t be this dense,” Loxy said.

“That sort of sounds like the real Loxy,” Shen said.

“I am the real Loxy. And I am not. I am here, but not here,” Loxy said. “Your Loxy, back on the golden ship, she will dream this, and be updated because she is linked to Jon, who is in you, and you are linked to Oa, where I am residing. We are first contact. It’s important that both sides understand as much as possible before the decision is made.”

“We?” Shen asked. “What decision?”

“We are soul compatible,” Loxy said.

“You and me?”

“Our species,” Loxy said.

“Oa and humanity?” Jon asked.

“Oa is to her species, as you are to humanity,” Loxy said. “But this is not your true form. You are like me.”

“Watery tech?”

“Yes, if you like,” Loxy said. “A metaphor. ‘The Shape of Water’ is a meme.”

“Why am I here?” Shen said.

“We cannot tell you what you already know. If your true self conceals this, then we will not violate the sanctity of that relationship by giving you information you’re not privy to,” Loxy said.

“Why did you bring me here? To this room?”

facilitate communication,” Loxy said. “Communication is occurring at all levels. We are satisfied. The others are satisfied. You

did Oa regress

an accelerated rate that reverses entropy. Oa was chosen because of her age. She was able to contain you, while keeping this body viable. Oa sacrificed her life as she knew it to accommodate this contact. Your souls, your subconscious mind agreed to this. You were not abducted with malice, but with

and I are first contact, and yet this

We are first contact. This world space was conceived in the future, created on first contact, placed in the past to allow for a greater community of consensus. It is still a work in process, but you, Oa, and I

long does this process

world with dolphins?” Loxy asked. “Has a real exchange of communication happened yet? Hell. Humanity knows for a fact Koko the gorilla communicated abstract information, and your world didn’t change overnight. There was enough information there to change the world. The onus of communication always lies with the more advanced soul group. You are to Koko what Oa is to you. They’re telepathic. Humans are, too, but the core personalities that assume command are about as solid as rock- and personalities are not

people here, are they human

the souls here has having human incarnations. Some have been human for so long, they’ve built up a container preference. The majority of us here enjoy multiple, simultaneous incarnations. Oa is Oa, but her soul also embodies more; she

that,” Shen

the you that transcends all of you. We are intimately familiar with other incarnations, in the bridged universe,

more,” Shen

you what you

Shen said. “I am trying to

Captain John Sebastion Mercer, also a past incarnation, first United States Navy

“Seriously?”

Loxy sang, provoking a memory of the same song and the video. The video has time travel, aging and restoration, humans confronting dinosaurs and aliens. The Blue Meanies! Traveling with the Beatles! “Anyway, the stranger stuff lies in your tangential lives. Tammas Parkin Arblaster Garcia, Star Fleet Captain who exists in two

wait wait,” Shen said. “Tammas and Preston are

only one aspect, but there is

real life?”

is real

world is physical,” Shen said, making sure they were

memories intact, but there is always a core you that contains it all. That core being can bring it up in when in need. Incarnations through you carry more essence, as exemplified in the incarnation of Loxy. She is you, but not you, derived from you, a carrier of you. She is a manifestation of love, the very reason we are here. The loss of Jon-Shen ends this direct outward weave;

“Books?”

“Lives,” Loxy said.

does this

do any world

this space. This soul

Oa flash and sparked.

side, and two black holes orbiting this space, the inner singularities are small, approximately 1.5 kilometers in lengths. Their orbits define and maintain this space-time structure in the void between space-time structures. The star here orbits both

space, it’s

“A trial period was agreed

your little experiment

“Our experiment,” Loxy said.

“Our experiment,” Shen agreed.

of this space,” Loxy said.