Sebastian witnesses another crucial detail in the past of the STEM entity known as Ruvik. For once, in a brief moment, he sees something familiar.
For Once, There Was Something
Pain is often felt in the heart
And seen through the eyes-
As is the the case with many feelings.
When slight quivers of a voice seem like cries,
In a single fragment of any dealings
Or in this case the sonorous buzz that achieves the start
Of crimson droplets emulating flies.
The one thing he had craved the most
In every particle of the ghost.
In our minds death is the only law.
But what I saw in the burning barn
With flames that have always had us both at a draw-
The way of horror in which he knelt
Beside the girl on the scorched ground
Was proof of that little suspicion I felt.
I know what I saw
