Author's Note: I re-watched a few weeks ago the episode where Lavi and Bookman are introduced to Allen. The moment Bookman walked up to Allen's bed and asked with a tone, "So you are the boy who will destroy time?", the muse bit me hard. This is the (hopefully non-AU) result. Originally intended as a one-shot, this "story" has definitely two more chapters, possibly more - because, really, I myself have more than a couple questions. Do you have questions as well? I would love to hear them, maybe even try to write out an answer. If you spot a grammatical, spelling, and/or logic error, please let me know.
Disclaimer: Original concept and characters of D.Gray-Man are by Katsura Hoshino. Concepts introduced in "Musing" are mine, inasmuch as one can own the muse whom thinks them up, as well as any original characters introduced in the possible future unless otherwise specified.
Summary: We all have thoughts that reverberate within the confines of our minds. Sometimes, Komui writes them down if only to make them material. It's easier to complete a puzzle if you have pieces you can actually touch.
Chapter One: Time
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The boy destined to destroy time. No matter how I look at the phrase, turning it endlessly over in my mind, it still feels quite ominous. What does it mean? I suppose the answer lies within the definition of "time".
What is the definition of time? The measured progression of... what? Life, I guess. Isn't the demarcation of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years truly a measurement of someone's or something's life? So... Allen will be destroying Death? I cannot believe that postulation. Life would hardly have meaning if there were no time, no dwindling resilience of the human body or a nation's immaterial spirit. Unless in this instance the "death" referred to is the death created by the Millennium Earl in the form of his Akuma. I am getting sidetracked, though.
Perhaps the definition of time is the cycles which human history experiences. A correspondence of mine, when we were discussing a major theological point in her religion, wrote of "the cycle of pride - humility and obedience that God rewards with blessings; prosperity derived from those blessings gradually builds into pride as Man begins to believe their strength provide the wealth; the pride progresses to the point which God rescinds His blessings (the conditions of receiving such benefits no longer being met), making vulnerable the people to war and death; war and death lead to humility and obedience. Thus, the cycle of pride is formed." I do not subscribe wholly to the religious aspect, but the secular version of war and death is documented and easily provable - no need to ask a Bookman for confirmation. So, will Allen be the one to end the Earl's cycle? The death, grief and the creation of Akuma, which kills and inflicts anguish to the point of another Akuma being born - the cycle of Akuma?
At this point, I can only do my best, with his friends' aid, to protect him and hope I discover the answer before our "Destroyer of Time" is murdered. And Allen Walker is fifteen years old, still a child.
... I feel like I am missing an important piece, but I am exhausted. I think I can slip in a nap during the four minutes it takes for River to bring the stack of the latest reports from the Science Department to my office. Maybe my subconscious will figure it out... What is another possible interpretation of the meaning of time...?
And Komui descends into slumber.