Cruel Fate

[Heuschrecke]

Enlightenment.

As she laid there, in a pit of darkness from the pain, something brushed against her mind. A presence. Her thoughts wondered at it, while its physical form connected itself to her nervous system. It felt the pain and the presence recoiled slightly from what she felt, but it did not stop on its mission.

It sifted through her thoughts, deeming most unworthy of its attention, before discarding the motion. It learnt enough from her thoughts to facilitate effective integration into her mind and body, needing little more. As it attached itself, a gasp escaped. An echo of a multitude of voices within her own mind, coupled with the distant hum of others was overwhelming. So many thoughts, so many harmonious echoes. She had become one with them.

She attempted to communicate with the presence, the many minds, but it chose to ignore her. She could feel it entwining with her spine, inserting itself into her central nervous system through many points of contact, and integrating itself inside to take control as necessary. For the moment, it simply kept her in the state she was in, letting her thoughts go unanswered. She tried over and over again, each time bearing the same results: silence. It did not even seem mildly annoyed by the distractions, almost as if it knew what to expect from a new ‘Lightbearer’, which was the only word that seemed to be present in the resonance of the others that she could discern.

Eventually she gave up, wishing the pain to subside.