I Held the Sky

Once, he was the sky.

The fabled genius, the child prodigy.

But when he awoke in an empty world.

His path changed.



The sky fell.



He saw the world.



He saw the people.



And in a moment of reflection, he decided.



He chose to hold the sky.



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Hope!



That was the reason.



Why they risked madness and corruption.



Why they chose to trespass into realms they knew nothing of.



Why they chose to survive.



Hope!



that they would find their loved ones.



that they could redeem themselves.



that they could end the apocalypse.





So as they grew stronger, hope was their anchor.



Even at its lowest, humanity hoped for the best.