[Lucy’s POV: ]

In the depths of a blank psyche, where all sensory input is deliberately cut off, a serene stillness envelops Him, leaving Him with only himself.

There is nothing in this space.

He is not seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling anything. His body is put on a separate sustenance that We are maintaining.

Without Us, he would not be able to do something like this unless he was actually nearly broken down to the point that all his senses, all his bodily functions are not working anymore.

Though this self-imposed isolation creates a sanctuary for introspection, it brings damage to the mind which has evolved and adapted to the human world, a mind of a different world which took severe conditioning and adaptation to get used to a world much different than the one it already knew.

By blocking off all his senses, by temporarily blocking off even his mental structures, his schemas, nearly all of his mind, the place that He reached is not simply a blank inner world, but a darkness without any light.

A darkness where even I cannot enter as it is something belonging only to him, not Us.

He was alone there. There was nothing there. The world that he, Us, and anything else in the world needed for sustenance was not present there… the very concept of his Self, was not present in that dark world.

Doing something like this might have allowed other individuals to venture inward and explore the uncharted territories of their consciousness, but to him, to someone that cannot filter out and ‘forget’ anything his senses catches, to someone who has come from a different world, to someone who has lived a life which no being should experience…

For him, this state was not a blessing but rather an eroding curse.

‘He’ was inevitably dying with each moment he spent in that world. And, that’s why We did not want him to do this… not that We knew it would be like this.

Though it was unknown to Us what he would find in that place, what he might even experience, or what even was happening with him… when the Limited psyche of a mortal ‘mind’ is interfered with, the chances of fatality increases greatly.

In this state of blankness, the familiar noise of thoughts and emotions fades away. This silence brings a rare clarity that reveals hidden depths of potential and power that were previously obscured by the distractions of daily life.

Though, in seeking to escape the chaos of the outside world, one may lose touch with reality altogether.

The reason doing this was so dangerous, was simply because of the Presence of a ‘Self’.

Someone, anyone, is someone. They carry an identity that they consciously or subconsciously perceive themselves as.

All sentient beings and even some of the Spiritual beings have a sense of self that makes them a being… separating them from a conceptual element of the world that is given a name such as a Table, a fan, or a Throne.

The allure of this particular inner world can become a double-edged sword; while it may offer insights and self-discovery to many, it can also lead to confusion about one’s identity and purpose.

Though there is still a connection present between him and Us, what we could do to influence Him and his body or mind is still limited.

Interfering wrongly will lead to dire consequences, propelling All of us into a spiral of abyssal corruption getting out of which will be a task as arduous as holding the weight of the world on one’s back.

Therefore, while the blank psyche may provide a canvas for exploration and a clue to the Stigma’s power which We currently cannot access, it serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of maintaining a connection to the external world.

Since he, the Master, wanted to do this, experience this despite the risks involved, We had to allow him the experience at least once.

Yet, if there arises any complication, if there is something that we fail to fathom or foresee or stop, it would more be Our fault than His.

Balancing his inner exploration with awareness of reality is essential for personal growth and well-being thus this one experience was something he needed and something We were obligated to allow him.

However, as helpful as it may be to him, it is not something simple. Or easy. And with Us having little influence on Him in this state, influencing his mind or consciousness becomes more complicated.

‘Master…’

We did not know what was happening with him right now, but since we are connected Originally, we know what he experiences and what he feels each moment.

And right now, he was confused…

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After being faced with the endless darkness where he does not have any senses and/or something like a body, with only his ‘self’ which isn’t even complete since he does not have any direct memory flow, or Us with him, he must be feeling like free falling or freely floating into an endless space.

To move in that space, unlike how he could do it with only his will when moving into his simple mind space, he will now have to propel himself with the manifestation of his ambitions.

He will consciously have to think– wish for it more intensely than he had done most of the time till now.

Since all he has right now is a fragmented connection to his conscious mind, he will also have to subconsciously will for anything to happen if he wanted anything to happen in that space… which probably might not be as simple as it sounded.

He was holding his own right now but that will change soon.

The concept of time was not present in a space where no concept aside from the Ego and Unconsciousness existed.

He was taking a long, and tricky road just to access something he was eventually supposed to realise with time, and he was putting himself as well as ‘All’ of us in danger.

‘When We say all, we mean Us, the anxious sister who is gathering the family to come here at this moment after losing all connection with Him, the little butterfly who now mourns silently for something that has yet to come, as well as the one who achieved accessing the dormant powers within herself.’

She was the one that guided him to take this path, though it was simply an innocent suggestion that He took way too seriously.

‘He got greedy.’

He believed doing this might bring him closer to the powers which he might be able to use to protect those close to him in a better way.

But… his plan was not full proof this time.

‘He was hasty.’

At the moment, We were extracting all forms of resources in his body to maintain his bodily functions as well as to maintain his mind which does not have the ‘Primary’ [Self] to observe and assist anymore. Sёarᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

With him gone into those depths of unknown, even his own ‘self’ did not know what was happening or what to do now.

The memory towers and the memories themselves would soon start to deteriorate if he spent more than a few milliseconds into that timeless space… which was enough to completely end All of us, and perhaps the rest of this world as well.

But, thankfully, that might now happen…

‘He took a while, but he seems to have found something.’

As the fireflies to the flames, he seemed to now be chasing after something.

He did not know how to move at first, but he learned quickly.

Even though he was spending an unknown and nearly immeasurable period of time in that space for each action he was taking, he was doing it.

He was moving.

Something was going on and ultimately, it seemed like his unconscious and even the subconscious was reacting to it.

He was moving, walking like a newborn, taking his first steps, starting his first baby runs, he was moving and growing at the same time…

There were many points at which he failed, he fell, almost ended up losing himself. He was not a perfect being. Far from it, he was a simple mortal that was fortunate enough to learn and have all that he did.

At least, he considered himself to be one, and We respect that.

Still, he was chasing after something, perhaps some sort of light in that endless darkness. Perhaps, it was a pathway leading to a realm which None of us have accessed till now.

Something. Something certainly was happening to him and he seemed to be struggling endlessly to achieve whatever it was.

Yet…

‘He did not obtain it.’

At one point, his unconscious spontaneously threw him out of that state, that world of darkness, into his subconscious that he was already aware of.

‘He had returned.’

However, he was not alone when he returned to this subconscious state which We only entered when seeing the messages left behind by my Great Creator.

And, yes…

The one that accompanied him this time, was also his master and my great creator in her usual form, though, this time, she did not have her usual pleasant expression.

And, since the ‘body’ which had manifested before her, the body of my ‘Master’ was also unconscious right now, she was shaking her head as she signed deeply while looking at Him with a helpless look.

[{( He did do it, huh? )}]

She was… disappointed, perhaps.

But, it seems like she had expected something like this to happen one day.

That, obviously, was the reason she created this message.

Though…

The current situation is not something normal, which means whatever this message was… We can tell just from that initial reaction that it was not anything, simple.