103 The Inverted Tower 6 (1/2)

I was setting in anger. How dare Hylia treat me like that. Me! Of course, I had not noticed the Kraken. I am not some kind of god. But her words had merit. If I had been more aware of my surroundings, then I might not have put them into that mess. But the truth was if I had not acted, we would have been dead before we could even deal with the Kraken.

Whatever. I did not need them anyways. I have always been on my own. Only that brief time here did I have someone to rely on. Perhaps I should just fly solo. After a moment of thought I decided to act on my decision. I would show her, I would show her that I did not need her to drag me down.

I advanced further into the instance. I had yet to see a single enemy, but far behind me I could hear the thunderous footsteps of my party. They really had no idea on how to be quiet.

After walking for several minutes, I finally encountered something. But it was not an enemy. Not a living one anyway. Before me stood a large tombstone. I moved closer, trying to make out the information written on it.

\u003cThe sentence below is true\u003e

\u003cThe sentence above is false\u003e

I looked at the words, but the meaning behind them seemed beyond me. They seemed to contradict. A paradox. I could only sigh as I looked at the tombstone. This was the end of the line, with only the simple words written on the tombstone.

The more I examined the words, the deeper I began to sink into thought. Without me knowing the untitled book in my mind activated. I sat there is silence as I contemplated the words.

I was reminded of a philosopher back on earth. He spoke a line that became rather famous. ”I think, therefore I am.” It was the conclusion of his for trying to figure out the basis of what is real. He wanted to build a foundation of unshakeable truths.

Yet the paradox in front of me seemed to go against this very idea. Even if everything in the world was false, how could you trust your own thoughts? Perhaps you were only thinking what an author was making you think? Maybe none of it was real, and you could not trust anything.

If the first sentence is true, then the second sentence that states it is false is true. That makes the sentence false. Which means the second sentence never comes into play. Making the sentence true.

Or perhaps the sentences were never meant to be together in the first place. Perhaps there is something that I missed. That would be the only way the paradox could be resolved.

When I looked at the stone again, I realized I had in fact missed two sentences. They were written in incredibly small letters, in a long dead language.