Rina needed to rest, so she found a shelter among the leaves of one of the upside-down trees and was about to lit the fire when the glowing contours of an unknown cretaure emerged from the darkening air.
“Is it possible that my past returned to me?” Rina mused, looking into some memories of what had drifted away. The warrior’s heart kept beating faster and stronger – the phantom resembled the brotherly animal of the past, but might it be real? The warrior waited patiently next to the creature, curious of what would happen next.
“Follow me,” the phantom suggested, gathering its four, slender transparent legs to move.
“Where do you want to take me to?” the girl asked.
“Where would you like to go?” The brotherly animal answered with a question.
“I don’t know what you mean,” Rina replied, a little bit disconcerted.
“It’s you who decide about the future.”
“I am thirsty, lead me to the brook,” the warrior suggested.
“All right,” the brotherly animal nodded and soon Rina heard the murmur of the flowing water.
“Now, you know; the thing that you desired was close enough.”
The girl leaned over the crystal-clear water and drew some water with her hands; then, she immersed her lips, quenching the thirst.
“What are you?”
“While you were hunting the brotherly animal of the past I was always nearby, just behind the border of the events. However, at that time you perceived the world from the perspective of the past and you couldn’t discern me.”
The phantom quivered gently.
“I am everything what will follow next; in a constant motion, ever-changeable. Many believe that the past is something what may be truly possessed and when they are to lose it, fall into despair. I am the brotherly animal of the future; impossible to possess, but always within your reach.”
(photography by Peter Solness)
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