Two Choices

Amare slowly opened her eyes.

She felt like she had slept for a long, long time.

She blinked as her blurry vision grew clear by the second.

For a moment, she had no idea what was happening.

She had no idea where she was. 

Or why she was here. 

Or what had happened.

And then it came to her in a rapid flood.

She got up with a jerk, panting heavily as her expression grew uncertain.

A single question escaped her. 

"Who am I?"

It was not a question she was unfamiliar with. 

As a Martial Master, she had been informed about the condition to break through to a higher Realm. 

Nirvana.

And yet, this was the first time in her entire life that she had actually asked herself that question with a sense of uncertainty. This was the first time she had asked herself that question with absolutely no certainty of its answer.

"That is the question you must answer, my child."