'This part… must go here!'
It had been days since he began his project, or was it weeks? Months… maybe?
Years?
He didn't know. Didn't care, either. None of that mattered, none of it at all.
The only thing that mattered was his goal. It was right in front of him, after all. This was why he was here: to accomplish this for… some reason.
The why was unimportant. Nothing else mattered.
Was there even a life outside this? Surely there must have been, but as far as he was concerned, it was inconsequential.
'Except what if it could help with the puzzle?'
That thought stopped him mid stroke, his finger moving a segment across a board that never existed.
'No, no time for distractions. There must be completion. Only completion. Nothing else matters.'
He leaned closer to the shimmering fragments, his eyes burning with their reflected light. They hung all around him, thousands, millions, an infinite number.
