Above the sky... even above the clouds...
a man stood.
This was from an age long forgotten…
long before the world below became what it is today.
The wind rushed past him...
but had no effect on him.
His eyes were fixed on the world below
People were walking...
some laughing...
some fighting...
some just trying to live.
"...strange."
He said softly.
There was no emotion in his voice.
"They live... then they die..."
After a moment of silence—
"...yet... it doesn't matter to them."
He remained standing there.
As if time itself had stopped for him.
Suddenly, the wind shifted slightly.
A faint distortion appeared in space.
"...Are you here again?"
A voice came from behind.
He didn't turn.
"...I am always here."
His answer was direct.
A few steps behind...
another man stood.
His presence was different—
Heavy... but controlled.
He slowly approached.
"You never change."
"...no need. I never felt like it."
"Or maybe... you never even tried."
Silence.
The wind began blowing again.
The second man stood beside him...
and looked down at the world.
"You keep watching them..."
"...yes."
"But you don't understand them."
This time... the first man paused slightly.
"...what's there to understand?"
The second man smiled faintly—
"Connection."
"...connection?"
"The bond between two people... that doesn't form by reason."
The first man stayed silent.
His eyes still fixed below.
"You feel alone... don't you?"
The wind stopped for a second.
Then---
"...I have always been alone."
The second man looked at him.
"Wrong."
He stepped forward.
"You just never went to anyone."
Silence.
He pointed toward the earth below—
"Go there."
"...why?"
"Because there you'll find... what you never found here."
"...and what is that?"
The second man smiled faintly—
"Maybe... someone who won't let you feel alone."
The wind picked up.
The clouds began to move slowly.
The first man stayed silent for a while.
As if he was thinking—
or perhaps... doubting for the first time.
"...someone who won't let me feel alone...what if I don't find anything?"
This time the answer came without delay—
"Then come back."
Silence.
"...Zarvex."
The name echoed in the wind.
As if this world wasn't used to that name.
Zarvex closed his eyes for the first time.
The wind stopped.
Everything around froze for one second.
Then—
he disappeared.
Descent
Below... a small village.
Morning sunlight filtered through trees onto the ground.
A girl was bent over, collecting herbs.
Her hair swayed gently in the breeze...
and a simple smile adorned her face.
She was a girl…
quietly collecting herbs in the forest.
"Hmm... this one works too..."
She plucked a leaf and put it in her basket.
She had no idea—
that her life was about to be entered by
a man who would change her entire world...
The wind paused for a moment.
Then—
he began falling.
Through the clouds...
toward the sky below...
straight toward that world he had only watched.
The wind rushed fiercely around him...
but there was no reaction on his face.
His eyes remained open—
he was seeing everything.
For the first time...
so closely.
"...this place..."
He said softly.
As if feeling it...
or perhaps comparing it—
to something that didn't even exist here.
With a faint sound—
he landed on the ground.
No blast...
no impact...
as if he had always been standing there.
He looked around.
Trees...
soil...
wind...
Everything was simple.
Yet...
"...different."
He extended his hand forward.
The wind passed between his fingers.
He felt it for a few seconds.
"...this..."
As if he had felt something so genuinely for the first time.
A voice came from afar—
"Yes, take that plant too!"
"We need more tomorrow!"
Voices of people...
alive.
Zarvex looked in that direction.
"...humans..."
Deep in the forest...
a girl bent over collecting plants.
Her hair swayed gently in the breeze...
and she was busy with her work.
Zarvex stopped at some distance.
His eyes fixed on her.
As if observing—
every movement... every action.
Mireya plucked a leaf and put it in her basket—
"Hmm... this one works too..."
Suddenly...
she felt something.
As if someone was watching her.
She slowly straightened up...
and turned back.
"...who's there?"
Silence.
Zarvex emerged from behind the tree.
Calm.
Still.
The girl became slightly cautious—
"Who are you? I've never seen you before."
Zarvex looked at her...
didn't speak for a few seconds.
"...I'm new here."
His tone was direct.
The girl relaxed a bit—
"Ohh... that's why you're behaving so strangely."
"...strangely?"
"Hey… not there."
She gently moved his hand aside.
"That one's poisonous. You'll hurt yourself."
Zarvex looked down.
The plant near him...
was poisonous.
"...this is wrong?"
That movment when ---
The girl came closer...
and moved his hand aside.
One second.
Just one second.
Zarvex paused.
He felt the touch of her hand.
A slight change came in his eyes—
very slight.
"...understood."
The girl looked at him—
"You're… really strange."
She sighed softly,
"But I guess that's not a bad thing."
"...why?"
"Because normal people don't react like this."
Zarvex said nothing.
He was just looking at her.
The girl got awkward—
"What are you looking at?"
"...you."
"EH?!"
She got a bit embarrassed—
"Don't look like that! It feels weird!"
Zarvex looked slightly aside.
"...okay."
A Small Beginning
The girl sighed—
"You don't know anything about herbs, do you?"
"...no."
"Come, I'll teach you if you want."
Zarvex looked at her—
"...why?"
Mireya smiled—
"Because clearly you won't survive here."
Silence.
Then—
"...okay."
"By the way, what's your name?" the girl asked Zarvex.
Zarvex hesitated a little.
"...Zane."
The name came after a brief pause—
as if he had just chosen it.
"Hmm... Zane. My name is Mireya.
Come, let's go now otherwise it'll get late going home."
Both started walking together—
through the forest...
talking...
or perhaps—
one was speaking, and one was just listening.
Zarvex softly repeated her name—
"...Mireya..."
As if he wanted to remember it.
Far away...
the wind began blowing again.
And for the first time—
he wasn't just watching...
he was becoming a part of it