"You're all I'm reaching for... already over... all I'm reaching for... it's already over now..." ~Red
He is falling, drifting, reaching but never grasping, his consciousness suspended in the thickest fog. His world is clouded and hazy; he can perceive nothing, feel nothing, know nothing. Somewhere beyond himself, he senses them, those friends he knew in life. But he cannot find them. All he can do is reach for those lights and wait for redemption to come.
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She is searching, groping, seeking but never finding, hidden amongst the shadows of her other half. Right in front of her, she sees the two that hold promise of the friendship she seeks, but they easily slip through her fingers. She is alone, ever alone, wanting but never catching, hurting beyond anything that can be healed. Reaching through the darkness, she forever seeks out the light.
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They do not know each other. The two have never met. And yet they are the same – seeking, but not finding, reaching, but not holding, trying and always failing. Still they search. Still they reach. And they will do so to the very end.