"Please sit. I've been waiting so long." "W-waiting?" I stuttered as I stared at the tree. It had no face, but it was glowing now. It was a soft glow, something almost not noticeable. I might not have seen it if I wasn't already staring at the tree. I knew the voice was coming from it though. "Yes," it replied. "Since the day we were born." "We?" I asked. "Yes, we," it said simply. "What do you mean by 'we'?" I asked. "You and I," it told me. "We were born on the same day. I was born because of you." "Born? You were born?" I asked, confused as all hell. "I was a seed in the ground, waiting, then I was born," it said. "Okay," I mumbled, shaking my head as I tried to think this through. "So, we are connected then." "We are," the tree replied. "I am an extension of you in this realm

