He suddenly opened his eyes.
He floated in an endless void.
,Am I dead?´, he wondered.
After what felt like an eternity, a bright, high-pitched voice answered him.
"What is it that you desire? Life or revenge?"
"I need one for the other. So, I would say: life!"
"Really? If it's really about life, why do you risk yours so often?"
"I'm not doing that!"
"But you are! You just haven't realized it yet."
"Excuse me?"
"When your village burned down, you could have fled. You knew the culprits were still there. You saw their ship on the coast out of the corner of your eye, but you chose to ignore it."
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"Wait! How do you..."
"And when you followed the nun. You sensed that something was off. Yet you followed her and put your life in danger."
"How can you..."
"And when you fought Koru at the harbor wall, you didn't have to pursue him. You could have returned to safety. And you knew that!"
After this speech, the voice fell silent.
"How is it that you know all this?" he asked after a while.
"I am you. And you are me. Our fates are intertwined. But that doesn't matter now. What is it that you desire? Life or revenge?" she asked again.
,How can she know this? What did she mean by our fates being intertwined? Who is she?... No! That's not important now!... She's right! It's not about my own survival. If it were, I wouldn't have embarked on this journey... What I truly want... Why I did all this is...´
He looked up.
"REVENGE!" he said with a tortured, hate-filled expression.
"I can see that this is truly your answer! Very well! You shall have another chance! But know that this is an exception! You will not get another!"
Suddenly, he felt better. As if he had been awakened with a bucket of ice-cold water.
"I hope you get your revenge, but please! Take care of your body! If it's destroyed, even I can't help you!"
"Wait! Who are you?" he called to the voice.
But just as she was about to answer, he woke up.
He looked around. He lay where he had fought the tank as a giant.
All his pain was gone.
He touched his forehead. The bleeding had stopped!
With a grim smile, he stood up.
He could continue fighting!