Chapter 99: Worlds Collide, The Center Of Everything (1/2)

”I like him, father; let's go,” Hydie said as she danced out of the room past Windorf, who was still looking at me.

I centered myself, and stood up straight, and walked forward. I prepared myself for what was about to come as I approached Windorf with my eyes locked with his.

<Make it count; it will be a long time before you get another chance to talk to Time.>

Hero's voice was the last thing that I heard before I was back in that place as I pressed my hand to Windorf's chest. Nothing had changed, and then Time asked me one more question, but then it became something completely different.

”Do you think that your Soul is worth its weight? I asked this not as Time, but as the man that you questioned. You asked me this very same question before we agreed to this, and I am still unsure how to answer it. I know why you choose to do this, but I don't understand the question. You don't know what I am talking about, and I might have overstepped myself, but it is as Hero said, we will not speak again for some time,” Time explained to me, leaving me to dig into my mind as fast as I could.

Both my Fire Pact and Water Sphinx were still active, but I couldn't remember things that weren't there. Whatever Time was talking about, there were no traces of it in my mind, so instead, I shifted myself to the question.

Do you think that your Soul is worth its weight? That was a philosophical question that was asking if you thought your Soul was worth what everyone else assumed it to be.

”Are your intentions as good as your goals? Are you worth the pedestal you have been built upon? Am I? I can answer that question, but you're the one with the name Time. Only Time will tell me, right?” I asked, and Windorfs body blinked at me in surprise.

”You gave me this name! Right before you said goodbye! Are you telling me that I had waited all this time… You are impossible, but a cleaver soul! Whatever happens from this point forward, you are on your own, but I will be leaving you with a present. Try to stay alive, and know that I still think that this is pointless. Whether you come out on top, the real fight happens at the place where Worlds Collide. You told me you have a plan this time, so I have to trust you because this is your Soul,” Time explained to me, and it felt like he was about to leave, so I started to talk fast, and then the feeling of departure left.

”Wait, I need more, like yours and my name. Don't give me that made-up Egyptian shit; I want our real names. Who were we?” I asked in a rush.

”Mark and your name is… nope, can even mouth it. That was probably your doing and will more than likely trigger something if you hear it used in the context of your name. We are Humans that made it, but you denied it. Why? Because you are a meathead that only cares about fighting!” Mark told me, shaking Windorfs head, and I rolled my eyes.