Arielle could not speak.The woman stood only a few steps away.She looked ordinary.That was what frightened Arielle most.After everything she had seen, she had expected the person who chose her to be something impossible.A goddess.A primordial force.The Beginning itself.Instead, she saw a woman with tired eyes, dark hair, and a gentle smile.A woman who looked as though she had spent years waiting for someone to come home.Arielle whispered,Mum?The woman smiled.There you are.The word broke something inside Arielle.She had not heard it spoken to her like that before.Not by someone who had given birth to her.Not by someone who remembered her before the universe had given her a name.The woman opened her arms.Arielle did not move.You are not real.The woman lowered her arms.I know.Arielle stared.What?I know that is what you believe.Then how are you here?Because you remembered me.Arielle shook her head.I have never remembered you.You remembered the feeling.The wo
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