"the silver gate.
so tall, grand, majestic.
feels so constant.
in an ever-chamging world.
but i have seen.
but i have known.
but i have been.
i have seen the corruption of power.
i have known of the gods, both false and true.
i have been, existing through the ages, always watching, always learning.
now i have learnt.
now i have watched.
all of my existence culminates now.

i step through, knowing what will happen, knowing what i am doing.

and it happens.
just as i know it will.

what is this?
how am i still seeing, watching, learning?
how?
why?"

-a long silence ensues-
"well, i have to get home before 9:00 so.... see you tomorrow."
-he leaves-