The Mind Layers

As Skylar willed, his figure appeared next to one of the white throne-like chairs surrounding the white round table, which on top of it on the edges are carved ancient characters, and at the center is a carved figure holding a sword and riding a dragon.

At the same time, the incomprehensible being also appeared opposite Skylar at the other side of the round table, right beside another one of the four throne-like chair.

"Sit down?"

The being instruct, and Skylar scrunched his face as he sits down.

"Hihi... Giving me permission to sit in my own mind, what an irony."

As he adjust his robe, placing his legs on the table and crossing them, the being appeared to have also sat down opposite him.

"What do you know about the mind?"

Going straight to the point, the being asked. And Skylar being confident replied with a smile.

"The third component of existence. One of the holy trinity. With body and spirit being the other two... I am smart right?"

He winked at the being.

"Not bad old man. But do you know the mind is divided into three?"

The being paused and Skylar eyes that was aiming for the table returned to her, expecting them to continue, which they did.

"We have the conscious layer, the subconscious layer and the unconscious layer. Right now we are in your subconscious territory. And like i said earlier, i am here because you subconsciously allowed it... You let me in on conditions your subconscious set, and there is no way for you to know the details unless your subconscious allowed it... When its time for you to remember, your subconscious will send it to your conscious via..."

"Wait!..." A flash of inspiration struck Skylar, making him interrupt them. "You are the weird ball that that other weird guy gave me... The weird silvery ball inside my cloak."

"Now you should understand... Your subconscious sent that information to your conscious right now. And that ball is my heart... It was what remained of my entire existence that you helped turned into this place submerged in your subconscious..."

"Follow me."

The being disappeared and appeared exactly one and a half kilometer from the center of the table.

"Let me show you some things."

The being added and Skylar mimicking them willed and he appeared next to the being as a result.

Standing beside the being, Skylar scans the empty air in front of him that seems to have countless faint and tiny blue electrical sparks come and go out of existence, forming a wall in front of them.

"Wait... This is a heavenly chamber?"

Speaking suddenly and loudly, his eyes at Hyper sense widened as he caught a better view of what truly lays in front of him.

"What do your think. This place is not that big, its just a circular space with a diameter of three yoda. Your subconscious created it for me."

The being said, and then they seem to disappear gradually as they pass through something like a thin film that shimmers and cackles with electricity as they did.

So, its an animated wall done on a barrier instead of a normal wall. My subconscious is kind of abnormally intelligent.

Skylar's eyes at hyper sense took in a part of the dome shaped barrier in front of him that he subconsciously created and enchanted to make the place look like an entirely new world for the being to reside in.

Mimicking the being, he also raise his foot and slowly pass through the barrier that shimmers and cackles with electricity in the same fashion as the being. Then he appeared outside of the barrier in the middle of an endless ocean with the dome-shaped barrier behind him and the wierd being beside him.

"This is the entirety of your subconscious. Just like your conscious, it is limitless." The being seem to look up, making Skylar follow suit. "Your conscious layer is above."

"I see, its where i fell from."

"Yes, and this waters you perceive is called the sea of knowledge by ancient scholars and gurus. The sea above in your conscious layer is your conscious sea of knowledge and this one is your subconscious sea of knowledge."

As the being speaks the intangible water that seems to wrap them rippled and hum like it is corroborating their description.

"Something doesn't make sense."

"What? Old man..."

"Why have a term like sea of knowledge if its the only thing around?... Or is it another name for mind layers?"

"Old man, you are impatient. Look in front of you. That's what i intend to show you. Look carefully."

The voice of the being instructs and Skylar at Hyper sense and Hyperfocus squints his eye in order to make out whatever might be in front of them that the being seems to be pointing at.

"Every layer of the mind has at least this two things, a sea of knowledge and a memory tower... Have you seen it, your memory tower. Its a tower that sits in the middle of your mind space and extend through your three mind layers."

As the being describes, a black tower seems to materialize gradually in front of Skylar.

Then the ghostly tower which apparently has no end or beginning solidifies in front of Skylar, making him break into a smile at this beautiful and magnificent sight.

"Is the tower the same as it extends through the conscious layer above?"

"No." The being asnwered. "Although it is a monolith, its color above is different, and the content of the two are also different... It store conscious memories in the conscious layer above, and subconscious memories here at the subconscious layer."

"What about the unconscious layer?"

"Absolutely forbidden!"

At Skylar's question, the being's voice as they warn sternly increased in volume. It even turned sharp and frightening.

Then the voice regaining its former flavor continues as it explains to Skylar who seems unbothered by the warning.

"Your true self resides in your unconscious layer. Don't ever go there, don't even attempt it. Its very dangerous."

"Is it that dangerous?"

"Normally it should be impossible for the self to invade the unconscious layer, but if it's you old man, anything is possible. And i can remember i was told the consequence of it happening by a tiny chance is total annihilation of everything."

"I see... So the me here right now is the self?"

Skylar's gaze at the intricate mysterious carving on his memory tower.

"Yes. To be precise, a corrupted reflection of the true self..."

The being supplemented and Skylar looked to the side at them and asked.

"What's responsible for the corruption?"

"What else? The sea of knowledge and memories."

"You mean our experience and knowledge of the world slowly corrupt us good or bad as we live."

"Old man, you got it. Not bad."

The being seems to turn round at this point.

"Old man, don't ever try to pry into your unconscious... I am sure your subconscious won't even allow you."

The being added, and then they step through the dome-shaped barrier and return to the heavenly chamber, leaving Skylar who is examining is subconscious layer behind.

"Is there nothing else?"

Except for the tower, his subconscious as he scans it, was empty. Then unable to find anything else, not even a speck of dust, he also turned around and then his figure disappeared just like that of the being.

***

At the same time, inside the heavenly chamber;

Skylar's figure reappeared beside his earlier seat and in front of the being who is already sitting in their earlier seat.

"So, why are you like this?" He asked as he takes his seat. "What kind of specie are you?"

The figure at Skylar's question seemed to sigh.

"This is my full glory." The being answered and then they explained. "Your mind is not yet capable of comprehending my existence. But if you will it, you should be able to get an aproximation of my existence. This is your subconscious after all..."

"Oh!!.." I understand now...

Skylar with a widened eye resulting from a flash of inspiration smiled at the being. Then he blinked, and in front of him, a sixteen year-old looking divine beauty seem to replace the being.

"Fuck!"

Looking at the being having a divine looking face as cold as ice, an immaculate skin like honey, a white wooly hair but at the point where it reached her nape and to where it stops wavy and dark green in color; Skylar eyes widened in shock.

"..."

She had an impassive look on her as she watch Skylar who is staring brazenly at her colossal breasts her white slip baggy dress couldn't totally contain, making her exposed side boobs the focus of his attention.

Its definitely Ila class. They should have been the same size when Ila was at her age. Wait, her face and eyes... That nose bridge and emerald eyes.

Skylar shifted his analyzing gaze from her breast that seems to be pushing and crushing the table below it, to her face, and he looks at it and her eyes he finds familiar thoroughly, while she also look back at him expressionessly and impassively.

I see now. She is exactly a mini-Ila.

Exactly the same facial features, but different skin color and hair, and that fake cold look on her...

Ila has a kind and motherly look if i remember correctly, and she should be a tiny bit less beautiful than her, but its a matter of time before she also reach this level though.

"Wait!... If you are a girl and i assume that other weird guy is a guy. Then do you two have some kind of lovers rivalry or something like that in the past? Like maybe, you were like, you know, you had a secret crush on this guy and the only way to get his attention is chase him around and challenge him to duels, and one day that guy just had enough of your noise, you know... He snapped and he reduced you into that weird looking ball with the thought that when he is done with his business he will attend to you. Or he may have even left you for someone that will help you return when he is like gone gone... Like he doesn't want any of your annoying drama ever. I am right? Right?"

"Something like that." Her cold and expressionless look crumbling with a dazzling smile replacing it after she listened to Skylar's made up scenario he delivered with glee, gestures and a smile, she replied. "You should change two things in your story, and you will have the complete picture of what truly happened between us."

"What is it? Tell me. Or where you guys actually lovers and its not a one-sided crush from you."

"What do you think?"

The girl seemed to smirk imperceptibly and her eyes that has been on Skylar since he saw her in her current form gazed above and beyond him at whatever may lay behind the dome shaped barrier at the moment.

She is definitely not going to tell me. Wait

From being thoughtful, Skylar smiled at the girl who is back staring at him expressionessly as he try to solve a meaningless mystery. Then simething ciming to his mind, he pointed at her.

"Was it a forbidden love? Like brother and sister stuff, or was it a father and daughter forbidden love drama?"

"You are close, its something related..." She replied and as she did, a tablet from the sky starts descending towards her. "But you are missing the most important piece of the puzzle. The core of the story."

"Master and disciple love story?"

"You are getting closer. But its time you left old man, you are about to wake up."

The girl responded like in end of discussion, and then she starts reading the tablet in her hand, ignoring Skylar who is fading gradually and has almost disappeared.

"Wait!!! beautiful subguy!!"

"Don't throw me out yet!..."

"Please wait, i am almost there... Please!!!"

"Fuck me!"

Skylar's subconscious ignored him as he shouted and pleaded. Then he vanished, probably waking up from sleep.

"Stupid old man."