Deom was sitting on the bridge enjoying the sun, the wind and the sky that painted a beautiful landscape.

-Everything seems so real…- he said to himself -but the only real thing here is you- he looked at Mikah who seemed to sleep peacefully next to him.

After a few minutes, Mikah woke up.

-Where am I…?-He looked around -The bridge! I returned! It was all a dream- he told himself, but the next moment he saw Deom sitting a few steps away on the ledge.

-No, it wasn't a dream... or was it?... who knows. This is the world you come from, after forty-one years.

-Mikah looked around and thought that everything was the same, but at the same time…

-What happened? Why is no one here?

The landscape that had seemed the same before, little by little showed to be very different. The bridge, although it had not changed much, was in ruins due to the passage of time. The city in the distance looked neglected and almost dilapidated, but the buildings were still there. Where before there were people, now there was only silence.

-It's been a long time since nobody lives here- Deom answered with serious eyes -There aren't even birds or fish in this place... not even the cockroaches were left. There are no plants or life other than us for many, many miles around.

Mikah stood up and surveyed the dead landscape.

-Some time after your death, there was a war. This is one of the places touched by the weapons created by the men of your times... This is the fruit of progress, but well... It's not the first time something like this has happened in history... nor will it be the last.- He smiled, but Mikah observed deep bitterness in that smile -At least, this time civilization survived... or at least a little of it did.-

MIkah thought for a moment after Deom's pause.

"So…everyone I know…is dead?"

Deom met his eyes.

-In this period of time, yes. Most of the people you met in your life have passed away some time ago.

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-"So... she too..." - thought Mikah -Wait- he said -You said "in this period of time"... does that mean they will come back to life?-

-Ha ha ha ha- Deom laughed out loud -You are really slow, turtle... No. What I meant is that life and death are two ways of seeing a unit of matter. Time is relative to the observer. What you see as "time" is the way your consciousness is able to explain to itself the beginning and passing of your linear existence as a single being made up of trillions of smaller parts. That human brain you have needs a way to explain processes that you couldn't understand otherwise. What you see, is and, and at the same time is not reality. Everything is relative to the being.

Mikah looked at him strangely.

-…mmhhh- Deom sighed before continuing. Time is and is not. One can, if he knows how, move in a line to any point he wishes... In simpler words.

-How?- Mikah asked with determined eyes.

-I could show you, but it hurts… hahaha, and how it hurts.-

-I'll learn- Mikah said.

-and why do you want to know?-

“To see her”- thought the young man.

Deom looked at him and rolled his eyes. -I offer you the secrets of the Universe and you want to use them to see a girl haha. The humanity!-

-Can you hear what I think?-

-… yes, and no… it's not on purpose. I had to remake your body from scratch, remember? I remade your brain cell by cell. The memories of the human being are contained in their neural connections, so I know every corner of your memories because I had to put them in their exact place. What you think, sometimes I notice unintentionally- Deom made a disgusted face -It was not fun to see your whole life, you know…. But otherwise it would have taken too long, or perhaps it would never have happened.

-So, you've seen her.-

Deom looked at him strangely. -No more questions? Nor how do I know how to do those things or how do I move in time?-

-Does it bothers you?-

-No, I'm just surprised that you accept everything so quickly just because you hope to see her again.-

-"She's worth it"- Mikah said determinedly.

I don't think so, my friend, but. It's your life haha. If she's worth it to you, then that's all that matters. I'll tell you something. If you become my puppil, and learn a little, just a fraction of what I know, I'll take you to see her…if that's what you still want.

Mikah looked at him with steady eyes, he knew that he was making a pact with the devil, the devil or something even worse.

-I agree-

Deom smiled and put a finger to his temple and rested his other hand on Mikah's shoulder.

-Well, let's start-

Deom's smile looked cursed.