TheArrival-AClosureto\"CloseYourEyes\"
TheBeginning
\"Hecame.\"Thethreewordswereallthatthenotesaid.Buttheywereenoughtosendtheprotagonistintoafrenzy.Aftermorethanadecadeofwaiting,hehadfinallyarrived.Thepastrushedbackintohismindwithavengeance,adelugeofmemoriesandemotionsthatthreatenedtodrownhim.Whowashe?Whatdidhewant?Whynow?
Hetriedtofocus,buthismindkeptwanderingbacktothatmomentinhischildhoodwhentheyhadfirstmet.Thestrangerhadbeenamagicianatacircus,andtheprotagonisthadbeenawide-eyedboywhohadstumbledupontheshow.Thestrangerhadmadehimfeellikehewastheonlyoneintheaudience,performingtricksthatwerejustforhim.Andthen,whentheshowwasover,hehadtakenhimasideandwhispered,\"Ihaveagiftforyou.\"
Thegifthadbeenasmall,intricatelydesignedbox,onethattheprotagonisthadtreasuredforyears.Butthen,oneday,ithadbeentakenawayfromhim,andhehadneverseenthestrangeragain.Untilnow.
TheMiddle
Theprotagonisthadspentyearstryingtoforget,tryingtomoveon.Buthehadneverbeenabletoshakethefeelingthatsomethingwasmissing,thathewasincompletewithoutthestrangerinhislife.Andnow,withthissuddenarrival,hewasfacedwithachoice:toconfronthispastortoletitdictatehisfuture.
Hesoughtoutthestranger,unabletoresistthepullthathaddrivenhimalltheseyears.Theymetinasmall,dimly-litroom,andtheprotagonistwasstruckbyhowmuchthestrangerhadaged.Hisoncevibranteyeswerenowclouded,hismovementsslowanddeliberate.
\"I'vebeenwaitingforyou,\"thestrangersaid,hisvoicebarelyaboveawhisper.\"Iknewyouwouldcome.\"
Theprotagonistwasabouttospeak,butthestrangerheldupahand.\"Youdon'tneedtosayanything.Iknowwhyyou'rehere.\"
Andthen,withoutwarning,thestrangerbegantotellhisstory.Hespokeofhisownchildhood,oftheabusehehadsufferedatthehandsofhisparents.Hespokeofhowhehadfoundsolaceinmagic,intheabilitytocreatesomethingoutofnothing.Andhespokeofhowhehadmettheprotagonist,ofhowhehadseensomethinginhimthathadremindedhimofhimself.
Asthestrangerspoke,theprotagonistfeltasthoughhewasseeinghimforthefirsttime.Hesawthepainthathadetcheditselfontohisface,thewearinessthathadsettledintohisbones.Andherealizedthathehadbeensearchingforsomethingthathadnevertrulyexisted.
TheEnd
Theprotagonistleftthestranger,feelingasenseofclosurethathehadneverthoughtpossible.Heknewthathewouldneverseehimagain,buthewasatpeacewiththatfact.Hehadfinallyletgoofthepast,ofthegrudgesandtheangerthathadconsumedhimforsolong.
Hereturnedtohislife,hisfamily,hisjob,andfoundthateverythingwasexactlyashehadleftit.Buttherewasasubtleshiftwithinhim,anewfoundunderstandingofhisownpastandhisownidentity.Heknewthattherewerenoeasyanswers,noquickfixes,buthealsoknewthathewasnolongerthatwide-eyedboylookingforsomeonetosavehim.
Hehadfoundclosure,andithadbeenwithinhimselfallalong.
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