His Domain

Allen had some time on hand, so he wrote his thoughts on a piece of paper in the diary. Due to it being too small, his thoughts ended up becoming disjointed in the paper. He tried to summarize it in neat points again and what he had was:

1) ‘They are a type of virus detection system and are considering me a threat to the domain.’

or

2)…it could be the case that actually the forces wanted to find something that was with him or her, maybe even the both of them, and they did not know where they were. So they started by methods of elimination.

3)It was also possible that they were trying to make all the residents leave from here, to get the resources of this land

4)Could be that these outside forces neither wanted their land nor anything they possessed…but they actually wanted to capture them. That was a strange possibility.

The first point could not be possible as they would not have targeted other farms too, as was logged in this book. Neither would have started their attack on this woman’s house, whether or not it was because of him.

2nd point was…workable, that was left as ‘in consideration’ for now.

3rd point was not possible, it was possible that the forces chased them down because they didn’t want anyone among the eyewitnesses to escape…there was just one basic problem; they burned the farmhouses. Where were such forces even going to stay after dealing with all of them? They also ended up harming the land quite a lot. In trying to get them out from inside the denser fields, they put fires on them.

4th point was…the most likely. The fact they burned their houses proved they neither wanted their land nor they wanted anything in their possession. If they wanted something they possessed, they would not have so easily burned down his house. They didn’t even have time to search for anything properly.

This also sent the 2nd point out of the picture.

He was pretty sure they wanted to capture either him or her, or both. But why would they have captured others before?

So, it was not because of the reason the both of them were unique because of family situation or anything along those lines.

The only other thing Allen had in his possession other than his simple farmer clothes and a pair of boots…was his brain….and his body.

Allen said, ” Do you know what are their goals exactly?”

The woman said,” Finally you are asking. It is to capture us”

Allen said, “They are not smugglers, are they?” Allen put a hand on where his kidney was supposed to be present.

The woman said “No, they aren’t. If that was the case….they would not have done what they did to my family.”

And what did they do to your family, big sister, was what he wanted to ask. During him trying to see what would be a better way to put this point, they could notice that the forces were in their pursuit, again.

Allen had tried different things, for example, hiding in a dense field, hiding in an isolated farm, but could not find an escape from them., and soon he realized the forces would find them out pretty soon always, and they were getting faster in finding them out.

They had paused only a little during their travel. Allen could see that the rain was now returning. He could see the forces that they maneuvered on the horizon, advancing towards them…considering they were in a wide-open field with only a basic fence on one side of them…he figured they were a toast ready to get out of the machine.

‘I can only find the solution right now, ’he thought

Allen figured that probably the answer lied about what the women knew. So, he tried to know about the problem, in the limited time of fewer than five minutes, that the forces were going to reach them.

Allen said to her,” Now, I understand much more about this world. I have concluded that we may be the target of the forces…but in fact, the dominant theme of this world is around escaping with you. What can I do to escape this world….created in your memory.”

She looked at him and said, “You are the one who needs to…. guide me out from this world.”

Lady, that was basically what I don’t know…Allen was thinking along those lines…and she understood what he was thinking? Rather, why was he able to know…that she had understood him?

There was some kind of light that appeared in this area and she went towards it while he followed this time, and soon they had entered it and went outside the sight of the approaching forces.

He reached some kind of place where a person was present this time. He looked sad, just like the rain…his mood was gloomy.

Allen could see what this was connecting to more and more. Allen said to him, ”You are the creator of this domain, am I right?”

“You are not entirely correct…” the man said.

The more Allen talked to the man, the man gloomy he seemed to him.

There was a basic analyzing skill that he knew that, choice of words could check a person’s mood.

The man said you are not entirely correct, which is a pessimist approach. He could have used you are not entirely wrong, which would be a more optimistic thought process.

Allen could not know until how much time could he spend with this…man, probably. But, there was definitely a timer…this guy’s face was an indicator of that….or maybe it was like that always.

Allen said to him, ”So, what is the story behind this world?”

The man said to him, ”A story it is, for you. Life it is, for me. This was what my life was, with the characters and places adjusted for you so that you may not have any excuses…”

Allen said to him,” Why would I have any excuses?”

The man looked at him and said,” You have understood many things, but I want you to tell me exactly what was going on? More importantly…I want you to give me a suitable answer on …could you have escaped from that place, being pursued constantly by the forces, you call them, while also having another smart person with you.”

Allen’s response took some time. He said, ”What happens if my response satisfies you?”

He said ”You should worry what if your response doesn’t satisfy me”

This was hopeless. He was not thinking Allen was definitely going to fail, right?”

The man said ”I want to see you give a suitable answer myself”

Then make things easier for me brother… the man could not understand his intentions as compared to when the character in the world had kind of understood him, without him telling.

Allen listed out some things one by one.

He made his points in the following manner:

1)The world was pessimistic in its nature, with the rain at almost all times and darkness all around, with no light. Probably, this world was built on a terrible experience for the man.

2)The main character is a farmer…the man probably wanted a peaceful life and was likely living that too. The man was not greedy in his nature, except that he liked the food items with a passion.

When he said till now, the man gave an appreciative nod….

3)The woman probably represented the partner of the man. She had not married him in the world, but it was probably because this guy was too jealous of even thinking of marrying her to someone else.

4)The forces probably represented the cause for which he was so depressed all this time. The forces had probably captured his wife…and he had escaped by himself.

5)This world was built solely for one purpose, for others to relive the experience and feel just as helpless. To make him convinced that was the only option available, and he was not making lame excuses after what happened. The world was in a state of depression because there was no way out. You could not fight with so many tens of armed people, you could not escape from their thorough search and you could not take any shelter against them. It was a hopeless case. That was what the world of this man told its guests.

The thing that this man wanted from him was to show him some way that he could have turned the tables. What could he have done better? If Allen could not pass that last test, this depressed man was likely going to make him depressed along with him.

Allen thought of what he could do, but there was really no way that he could think of. But he had to do what he had to!

He said to the man, ”You are indeed right, that there is no escape that is in sight, nor a way to fight back. But I know of a way to win this world.”

The man looked at him and said, ”…I hope so. Show me that”