And that's when reality starts to twitch and buck and comes apart at the seams. All around them faith is leaking from cracks in the fabric of space-time. Or maybe it's seeping into the cracks. At this point it hardly seems to matter. But something is holding it together still. Strapped into the faith batteries billions are hoping to stay alive.
Alive.
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>>"Alive."
"Alive."Yet lights are fading from existence all around. Nothing to be done. You can't wish to maintain a world that you don't quite know. But the others might. There's RachelO'Brien right there. She's dieing but she knows. And she can know what others know, even as she fades. Can't talk to her... But CalvinStrong. You can talk to him. Maybe she hears you inside his head.
Connect.
Remember.
Compile.
Restart.
Belief.
She clings to life as it flashes before her eyes, clings to the others. We're all here now. But the memory is cloudy. Incomplete. Piece it together. So many things. We all remember pieces. No time. Faster. Faster. She's gone. Who is? Someone. They're fading. Remember! So much lost. Remember! Memories are backups. It's all there. Almost. Memories come together in congregation.
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Slowly reality mends.
A school.
London?
Almost.
Almost London.
Images take shape. Memories.
Ripples run through them.
An angel. But he's alone. That means the blonde girl was as well. So she never broke Rainbow's heart.
A butterfly flaps it's wings.------------------------------------------
Humpty-Dumpty. Couldn't piece him all they way back together. Time is lost. He never met the Dragon. Assassins go unstirred.
Air moves.------------------------------------------
White hair flickers. A collar that never existed fades along with the chittering of a thousand tiny wings.
A current builds.------------------------------------------
It came from the sewers. Except she never did. A family unbroken, at least a little. As one mends, another fades. A lone wolf.
Clouds swirl.------------------------------------------
Two twins become one. A little girl growing up. Who rode the pale horse?
A storm brews.------------------------------------------
Angry voices. Humans fear what they can't understand. So much hate forms words on paper. Somebody signs it.
Lightning flashes.------------------------------------------
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"We believe there's a place for us to go home to..."