I woke up from that vivid dream I was having I dreamt of me, Komuku and our mother.

I'm sure it was Komuku though she looks different from when I last saw her, but so do I. She was blindfolded and didn't recognise me or or our mother but I do. I 'felt' both of them with my anima back when I was an egg. And will never forget them.

Mother, she was gorgeous. Her bone white hair and pearl like eyes caught me in their ethereal beauty. There were signs of ageing on her but that didn't make her any less, it would mean she has centuries of wisdom behind her eyes.

What I saw was the current me and current Komuku bu we were both on our mother's palm just like a few months ago.

I could see it, no feel it. Dread and fear, both from Komuku but why? We are with mother what is there to fear? I follow her gaze and see what she's looking at.

Ah

Mother, she's dreading the day we will overthrow mother.

It doesn't have to be like this you know?

I'm perfectly content with just waiting until mother's rayn is over, but she doesn't seem to share the same opinion as me. The dread reached the point where it makes uncomfortable.

I tried to walk over to her but my lower body was still having problems, so I just sat down. I could feel my lower body become lighter bit by bit, it was slow but that doesn't matter I can wait.

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Mother brought her three other arms to my view, not sure if Komuku can see. Three index fingers pointed upwards, she placed two parallel to each other. And then brought the third between them and they started spinning around it, a source and a effect.

Like me and my anima, no, it is me. She's trying to tell me something. Then she moves the Finger in the middle away, but the other two keep on chasing each other.

So I start it, but it continues without me? I have always put half my attention on the anima streams in my body learning that would be extremely helpful. She then gently touched Komuku's head, who is currently so terrifyid that she might aswell fall over.

Comfort her? Yes, she wants me to do that. But also when I'm not with her, to give her a gift from me.

I can try.

I first make a spiral of anima around my lungs and slowly let it grow. Usually one can only feel anima, but here I can see it. It's a web with the neon yellow color of my venom and it's slowly growing in a spiral, but webs don't make a good gift. She has also webs and if my guess is right they will have a deep purple color, way better than my neon yellow.

So I called it back to me, to my hands and started to weave. My thoughts started to wander until I knew what would fit.

After a lot of careful weaving I finally had it, a spider of deep yellow color and the size of a cat came to be. I didn't say anything, because I didn't need to. It knew what I wanted it to do and so it made it's way to Komuku. Not on ground but by walking on the Web of anima that's woven around the world.

Once at its destination it hugged Komuku as good as it could and surely all the dread that came from her died down. She brought two of her hands to her face and took of the blindfold.

Then I woke up

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Meanwhile

With a gasp of air I woke up from my nightmare.

It was dark, I couldn't see anything, I was vulnerable.

Lost and alone I felt other presences there too but they weren't lost.

The last few days have been a mess and everything is out of my control. But weirdly, I am calm all of the sudden. All the worries that plagued my heart when I went to sleep are gone as if something ate them.

I notice it's much easier to think now.

What I didn't notice is the spider which is sitting on my head.