Celeste
I sat on the edge of my bed with my hands folded and stared at the sheath, and after a while I lay down without putting out the candle, and after a longer while, I slept.
I stood in a field of dandelions.
Two versions of me stood in front of me.
The one on the left wore a white dress. Her hair was loose and the sun hit it. She was smiling at me. The Shadow Gladius stood in the grass at her feet, dark as a hole cut out of the day, but her smile made the hole small. Around her the sky was pale blue and the field was full of flowers.
The one on the right wore armor. Her hair was wet and dark with something I did not want to name. The ground around her was black and the sky above her was red, and when she turned her head toward me, her face was dripping blood, and her smile was no
