A bristling spiritual-cybernetic entity
With weapons systems and survivability enhancements galore
With processing mods and magick mods
But something is missing
Something that has died a long time ago
Sometime in the past...
Due to a burning to bright
Due to an end of pain that was never in sight
The light inside was extinguished.
Where love should have been
Where a soul should have shone
Where the capability to effectively deal with the pain lived
Was nothing but a cinder
A burnt-out pyre of what was.
For years as the entity transitioned from spiritual to spiritual-cybernetic
Trying to use the machinations of the self to replace what was lost
Never knowing what was really lost
His pain built up.
Into a tiny dark-red singularity that could be hidden easily...
deep within himself.
This had to change.
Due to an enlightenment shown to him by a dear new friend...
the seed semi-sentient energy construct was given commands.
To find and locate this long dead part of him...
and once located to inject energy into the cinder.
Scanning the whole
Looking for the cinder
Found, at very core of his being.
Analyzing cinder.
Building energy constructs necessary to inject and transport energy to the cinder.
Constructs complete.
Energy pathways re-routed.
Ready for command to re-awaken the cinder...
Staring into the campfire...
After comprehending what his friend had told him...
and issuing commands to the seed.
He thought...
Finally I will no longer be dead inside...
I will live again.
This time is for real!
To the seed: Begin the process... initiate!
Energy constructs at carefully placed locations begin drilling into the cinder.
Once they hit their mark...
the drill heads opened up to form energy-dissipative transfer constructs.
And the lifeblood of the soul began to flow and disperse through the cinder.
Once saturated...
A spark of mind was shocked into the cinder.
Then things began to happen.
The cinder began to warm with the energy.
Drinking deep as more energy was fed into it.
Temperature rising.
Energy feed accelerating.
And finally a fireball of energy began to form at the center of the cinder.
Growing in intensity and power...
as the rest of the cinder was engulfed /
as the rest of the cinder collapsed into it.
Life began to flow through the entity at that moment.
As the holy flame burned and grew inside...
barriers long lost were broken.
And for once in a very long time...
I FELT ALIVE!
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