Origins 7 Epilogue
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Chapter Seven - Epilogue
David left the angry robot behind him, hoping for better on the boardwalk.
As he approached he saw the two ladies holding each other, and no new affronts to reality. He judged it a good sign.
“Feeling better?”, he asked as he approached.
“I think so,” Kim told him, her arms still around Jenny.
“Yes,” Jenny said, not letting go.
“Don’t let me interrupt you, then.” He grinned and leaned against the wooden railing of the boardwalk. He looked satisfied.
Jenny sniffled, hugged Kim tightly one more time, and let her go. She straightened up.
“I’m… just me again,” Jenny told him. “For the moment. I know all the other Jennies are out there, I can feel them, but they’re not right here in my head.”
“That’s good,” he agreed. “Philosophers said that, you know. ‘To know yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.’ Of course, they were philosophers so they also argued about it a lot.”
“I’m… a whole lot of selves. But I’m also just this one.”
“Looks like you found yourself in time.”
“With a little help, yeah.” She glanced over at Kim with a smile.
“I… found a way,” Kim told him. “It turned out you were right. I was the right woman for the job.”
“Heh. Prophecies again. I never really trust them.”
“That’s for the best too, but it worked out this time. I’ll tell you about it in the car on the way back.”
“Oh?” David looked curious.
Kim glanced over at Jenny, who was picking pieces of bread out and tossing them out for the birds. The paper bag was getting emptier this time.
“I… did a thing,” Kim said, her voice pitched a bit softer. “I wasn’t planning to do it that way and I wasn’t sure if it was right but it worked. There’s still a world around us.”
“Believe me, I’ve noticed that,” David said. “I am relieved, too.”
Kim sighed and rubbed her temple. For a moment she looked tired.
“I have a splitting headache and the world isn’t ending, which has to count as a win. And I have a responsibility I didn’t expect anyone to have. I wouldn’t have asked for it but I can manage, now that the duty has fallen to me. I hold the seals of Armageddon. If not me, who better? We should talk about it in the car on the way back.”
“...yes, that’s a good idea,” David said quietly but earnestly. “I would very much like to hear about that.”
“Time enough later,” she agreed.
“And how is Jenny?”
“I’m a lot better now,” she said, looking up at the sound of her name. “It’s… all still there but it’s not here, know what I mean?”
“I think so,” he allowed. “I’ve noticed that a lot of the strange things have stopped.”
He waved an arm toward the downtown shopping district visible from the boardwalk, which was still bare of people but also absent any aliens, monsters, robots, or glowing eldtrich rifts in reality.
“I know I’m out there in all the other worlds too, but… all the other worlds, they’re not all here in my head with me.” She smiled, looking tired but composed. “I know I’m Jenny Everywhere, but I can be just this one too. I’m Jenny Curtis. I live in Fahsian. I’m this one.”
“It’s nice to meet just this one, Jenny Curtis,” he told her.
“I don’t need to see everything everywhere all at once. For now, one world is enough.”
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Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven - Epilogue
He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year
Coming home to a place he’d never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door
..... – Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
Coming home to a place he’d never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door
..... – Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
David left the angry robot behind him, hoping for better on the boardwalk.
As he approached he saw the two ladies holding each other, and no new affronts to reality. He judged it a good sign.
“Feeling better?”, he asked as he approached.
“I think so,” Kim told him, her arms still around Jenny.
“Yes,” Jenny said, not letting go.
“Don’t let me interrupt you, then.” He grinned and leaned against the wooden railing of the boardwalk. He looked satisfied.
Jenny sniffled, hugged Kim tightly one more time, and let her go. She straightened up.
“I’m… just me again,” Jenny told him. “For the moment. I know all the other Jennies are out there, I can feel them, but they’re not right here in my head.”
“That’s good,” he agreed. “Philosophers said that, you know. ‘To know yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.’ Of course, they were philosophers so they also argued about it a lot.”
“I’m… a whole lot of selves. But I’m also just this one.”
“Looks like you found yourself in time.”
“With a little help, yeah.” She glanced over at Kim with a smile.
“I… found a way,” Kim told him. “It turned out you were right. I was the right woman for the job.”
“Heh. Prophecies again. I never really trust them.”
“That’s for the best too, but it worked out this time. I’ll tell you about it in the car on the way back.”
“Oh?” David looked curious.
Kim glanced over at Jenny, who was picking pieces of bread out and tossing them out for the birds. The paper bag was getting emptier this time.
“I… did a thing,” Kim said, her voice pitched a bit softer. “I wasn’t planning to do it that way and I wasn’t sure if it was right but it worked. There’s still a world around us.”
“Believe me, I’ve noticed that,” David said. “I am relieved, too.”
Kim sighed and rubbed her temple. For a moment she looked tired.
“I have a splitting headache and the world isn’t ending, which has to count as a win. And I have a responsibility I didn’t expect anyone to have. I wouldn’t have asked for it but I can manage, now that the duty has fallen to me. I hold the seals of Armageddon. If not me, who better? We should talk about it in the car on the way back.”
“...yes, that’s a good idea,” David said quietly but earnestly. “I would very much like to hear about that.”
“Time enough later,” she agreed.
“And how is Jenny?”
“I’m a lot better now,” she said, looking up at the sound of her name. “It’s… all still there but it’s not here, know what I mean?”
“I think so,” he allowed. “I’ve noticed that a lot of the strange things have stopped.”
He waved an arm toward the downtown shopping district visible from the boardwalk, which was still bare of people but also absent any aliens, monsters, robots, or glowing eldtrich rifts in reality.
“I know I’m out there in all the other worlds too, but… all the other worlds, they’re not all here in my head with me.” She smiled, looking tired but composed. “I know I’m Jenny Everywhere, but I can be just this one too. I’m Jenny Curtis. I live in Fahsian. I’m this one.”
“It’s nice to meet just this one, Jenny Curtis,” he told her.
“I don’t need to see everything everywhere all at once. For now, one world is enough.”
< Origins
0) Prelude: The Beginning → 0) Prelude: The Ending → 1) Visitation → 2) Reunion → 3) Road Trip → 4) Fahsian → 5) Everywhere → 6) Jenny → 7) Epilogue
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0) Prelude: The Beginning → 0) Prelude: The Ending → 1) Visitation → 2) Reunion → 3) Road Trip → 4) Fahsian → 5) Everywhere → 6) Jenny → 7) Epilogue
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