Reality will always be greater than fiction.

Reality will always be greater than fiction , as fiction will always be imaginary (except maybe, in another universe).

I do not claim that my entire book is factual. There were, however, few instances of reality in it:

1. Author's name.

2. Some names were of real people.

3. Some events were allegories of things that did happen.

4. Some entities were symbols that do exist.

5. Most of the conversations were based on "roleplay" of real, talking entities. That's why some conversations had grammatical errors.

6. The inspiration for the story was based on a real event.

One night, the author was reading about astrophysics. He fell asleep and dreamed of a beautiful female, who called herself Athena. And she was intimate with the author on the bed. Chris thought he would awake, as his "sexual encounters" with dream characters often resulted in a quick awakening from his sleep.

But no, this one was different. It lasted around five minutes or so. Or, at least he felt like it did.

He awoke. Maybe that was just a dream? He played his mobile rpg game and tried a random pull. Much to his surprise, a character Athena was drawn randomly. Coincidence? Maybe. But in just thirty minutes, he had a dream then he had a random pull?

Ok, what's next? He got hungry, so he went out for a snack. It was a long walk. But, after just a few seconds when he entered an eatery, it rained so hard and bad. Hmm, Zeus came to his mind. Chris got spared from the heavy rain.

Three things happened within 1-2 hours:

1. The dream

2. The video game character

3. The heavy rain.

Coincidence? Maybe still but at least it inspired this story later on. Thus, there is some truth in it. Now, I know many authors have used the name Athena in their stories and that's ok. I don't think the real goddess would have cared.

But, even in this case, a dream is even greater than just the figment of the imagination. Why? Because anyone can tell a story. Dreaming about it does not happen very often.

A dream is a real experience, even though it was just a dream. A fictitious story will never be a real experience.

Furthermore, dreams suggest some link between humans and the divine.

Therefore, the true statement would be:

"I am Athena," the goddess in the dream said.

Thus, making her a true character in the book. She transcends fiction in the literal sense, and is above all so called omnipotents in fiction. Is she greater than all humans combined? We might never be able to know for sure but, no sensible person would claim to be better than a goddess.

If so, can we assume Athena is greater than the best human on the planet? We can if we really want to.

No amount of power scaling lingo could affect a real goddess. And, there aren't many authors who would dare claim they 100 percent believe a character in their fiction was real. Not many. And would they gladly give their life for such a character? I don't think so.

So, it's up to you, dear reader, to decide what truth you would be holding on to.

Do my words rouse your interest? Then kindly read my book...