Prologue
Time passes.
The white persian cat stepped on nothing; walked on nothing; there was nothing.
Time passes, yet all the creatures on this planet are oblivious to it. They do not understand Time, and they never will.
I cannot believe that we are from this planet.
The nothingness faded. It turned from no color, not even white or black or gray, to night. Stars appeared. A green forest appeared. The beautiful cat was walking gently on air. A blue house appeared. The cat walked on.
The only ones from this planet who understand time are us...
The only one on this planet who will understand time...
The cat walked towards the small house. Closer and closer, until eventually, she hit the wall.
But she didn't. She walked right through it.
A Connector will be born...
Or rather, the Connector will be born.
The cat was in the tiny kitchen, that consisted only of a stove, a sink, and a chair in the small room, of the house. There was a small calico cat sleeping on the red tiled floor. The white cat stopped for a second.
When? Only I know.
Because I am the Time.
The cat uttered one word in an unknown language. "Ecno."
Startled, the young calico cat woke up. It looked around for a second, then saw the strange cat who was standing on air. "Mri!"
I want to tell this cat in her own language... not in some other language. I want this cat to know what is going to happen... but I am required to say it in any language but one she cannot understand... but why? Why did he make me? Why?
The persian bowed its head. "Rrelian dliil wvni fälr nyo raf wuilo."
Your child will be the new Connector...
The cat was frightened. "Mrew! Mriow! Meow!"
The persian just turned around, and walked back through the wall.
"Mri!"
The frightened cat received no answer.
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After a long trip through nothingness again, the persian arrived at a big underground cave. After standing on air for a while, she fell down on the floor with a quiet thump.
There was one other cat there at the dark cave. He heard the thump, and raised his head to look at the cat. "Time! You're back!" the thin, longhaired cat said– in perfect English.
Time smiled at the small maine coon. "I did what you told me to do."
"So you told Emmew?"
"Yes, I did, Connector."
There was a pause. The maine coon was silent. Time wondered what was going on in his mind. It was a mystery to everyone except a close friend of Time, and he would never tell.
"You know that I will not be called that for much longer," the cat finally said.
"But you are for now," Time said in her quiet voice.
The cat was silent again.