An Infant's Request

May

"As Ramos slit you open, life slowly slipped out of you. Your son, although he was quickly pulled out, he also felt the cold hands of death as they wrapped around your soul. He requested the universe, to preserve your life." When Selene mentions this, I feel a cold shiver shake my whole being.

I already know that the supernatural world is full of magic, just not to this extent. How can I come around the fact that an infant could make such an instantly answered request like that? I look up at the moon goddess, trying to see if she is bluffing or not. However, the solemn look on her face makes me believe that she is being honest.

Oh, snap! What am I even thinking? Could a goddess even waste her breath lying to me? Could it be that this is the reason why she painstakingly elucidated the sacredness of the bond? Slowly, slowly, everything is beginning to make sense now.

I am glad I did not rush her or interrupt her from the beginning. Had I done so, I definitely would have been fre