...what?
Where am I?
It's dark and numb.
Am I dead?
*Greetings Human.*
Who are you?
*Who I am is not important. However, to answer your question, you are, in a sense, dead.*
What do you mean by that?
"What I mean is that your body is dead, but your soul is still intact"
Where am I?
*To put it simply, you are in the gate between worlds, or more simply put, The Gate.*
The Gate Between Worlds, huh?
*Yes. Think of it as a field. The field goes on and on into the horizon. There are trees placed around the field. Some quite close, some kilometers away. There are pools surrounding the trees, as you watch, more and more are appearing. All of the pools surrounding a certain tree reflect it, some with differences so small they can barely be seen and others with differences so large it's impossible not to notice them.
I have taken your soul from one of those pools and put it in another.*
So, basically reincarnation.
*Yes. And however much I wish to let you go back to your world to see your family again, I'm afraid your fate has already been decided. *
Is there a name you are called by?
*I have many names. One of which is Kami*
Will I remember anything from my *past* life?
*I will give you three gifts. One of which shall be your memories. The others you will have to find out for yourself. These will be my personal apology For what you have and will have to go through in order to fulfill your destiny *
Destiny? Pain?
*Yes, now go my daughter, before you truly are dead.*