I close my eyes, frowning.

  Ronin brings the both of

  us away from the mirror.

  He coos, "Open your eyes.

  It's over now."

  I open my eyes and pout,

  this feeling of dread is

  intense and the smell

  of my body reeks.

  It smells of dead

  flesh.

  Ronin doesn't smell

  that way though and

  crazy enough he

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  looks calm about

  everything.

  "Is this place really,

  Beladim?" I asks,

  slowly calming down.

  "It is. I made sure this

  dimension was able

  to form and stay in-

  tact permanently for

  all of us."

  "Who's all of us?"

  "You sure do ask

  many questions yet

  I guess it's only natural."

  I roll my eyes from

  Ronin's rude word

  choice.

  I stare outside the

  window, removing

  the white sheer

  cloth.

  The sky reminds me

  of that day.

  I do recall luring Tsukino

  to a false death,

  while casting the slight

  illusion of the ground

  reflecting the sky.