[i]All those other ideas are gone now. Absorbed along with their futures and made one with me.[/i]

*Pauses to stare at the blood red sky*

[i]I wonder if this is nothing more than a bad dream... and yet...[/i]

*My gaze falls, coming to rest on the dusty ground beneath my feet*

[i]It feels real, therefore it must be saith the materialist. The empiricist and scientist would conquer, but would the metaphysicist? The pataphysicist?[/i]

*Falls silent once more, hiding the gem away before clasping my hands behind my back*

[i]I've a feeling they'd be the ones to disagree.[/i]