"You can't think of anything? Really? Try harder." Her eyes pierce you and you feel small.
"Really, I'm trying. But there isn't anything."
"Yes, there has to be. What's the first name that comes to your mind. Say it… ready, NOW!"
"Ugh, I don't know… Alex? I don't know who's name it is, but it's a name."
"Aal-ex?" She said it slowly as if it was the first time she had ever spoken it. "I recognize this name."
"You do? Do- you remember -where from?" She's still guiding you through the strange trees and you keep stubbing your toes on roots that are curling out of the ground.
"Hm…. watch your step human—I don't remember where the name is from, but it is very old to me." Her nose is scrunched in thought.
"I guess it doesn't matter very much now then," you mutter under your breath.
"You are wrong, which I'm not surprised about. Names have power, and for you to only remember that single name in coming here is coincidence? I think not."
"What kind of power?"
"Well, a name, when given to something, opens up a whole new part of the mind. It allows there to be personality and depth in a substance. A tree that isn't able to be identified would be nothing. After all, what would you call it? Nothing. So, Alex, as a name, is the name of something. Therefore, we should be able to find something new here, because of the name. Do you understand?" She stopped and looked at you, her eyes shinning. She didn't look very much like she belonged in this world. She looked human to you, and that Nox creature was definitely not like a human.
Alex, you think. You keep thinking and as you start thinking you retrace your steps in this world. You came and met a creature that led you to this girl, on accident or not. You don't believe in coincidence. The whole time the only thing you remember is the name Alex.
"You're Alex."
The End
-R.L.H.
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