Together at The Edge of a Universe

✨Chapter 1 - for merely dreaming we were snow

Creature P.O.V:

"You can sit down right there, let me go get some stuff."

I watch as the person disappears around a corner. Looking around, I notice some stuff around their home. There is not much to comment on if I'm being honest. It is a suitable home, nothing notable.

They have nice open windows I suppose, very... cozy? Is that the word they use? Irrelevant.

I continue to sit in my own silence, letting the sounds of silence engulf me. How did I end up here? It is strange really...I wonder how this...person lives in their day to day. My eyes shift to photographs on their walls. Happy memories it seems, images of them smiling, laughing, talking. I sigh, turning my attention back to nothing.

If only...

"I'm back," I hear a voice call out, they are indeed back. They hold a package of some sort, walking over. I nod, watching them as they sit down next to me. "So...tell me about...well...everything." They begin to say, getting comfortable.

I sigh, right...that is what I was here to do. I glance around, looking for something to aid me in my explanation. "You okay?"

I turn to look at them, they give a concerned look. I nod, "Yes...apologies for my hesitation..."

They smile warmly at me, taking something out of the package they were carrying. "It's fine, take your time. No rush." They tell me, pulling some cloth out of the container. I eye it suspiciously, I presume they notice.

"I was going to clean up your...uh...wounds...is that okay with you?" They ask, halting their motions. I stare at the peculiar box, it is printed with a red cross at the front.

Strange...so very strange...

"Yes...it is fine." I say, closing my eyes for a second to allow myself thinking time. How will I begin to explain everything? All the things I have seen...and have yet to see...

"Ouch..." I flinch, opening my eyes. Feeling a sharp burn on some of my injuries. They shoot their head up, giving me an apologetic look. "Sorry...I'm using alcohol wipes...they'll sting a tad bit..." I look in confusion...alcohol?

I shift uncomfortably, feeling the burning and stinging on my skin. Shutting my eyes, I try and take my mind off of it. Though, this is proven to be difficult. I take slow, yet rapid at the same time. They seem to notice.

"You okay?"

I turn to face them, "y-es...i-it just...stings..." "I have some pain killers if you want them?" They suggest, 'pain killers'?

"What are...'pain killers'?" I ask confused, I have never heard of that before. Then again, I was unaware about 'alcohol'. Their eyebrows raise, looking at me as if I had just consumed the whole Milky way.

"...it's a kind of drug to help get rid of pain, would you like one?" They ask...hmmm. "Ye-es please..."

They grab a small container out of their pocket, inside are small white cylinders. This world is so full of strange things...

"Just swallow it," they tell me, handing me one. I stare at it for a moment, examining it.

They could be tricking you...

It could be a trap.

I shake my head out of those thoughts. No, no one this benevolent would do that to someone. They have offered to help you already, there is no way in the galaxy they would hurt you now. I shut my eyes, open my mouth and swallow the pill.

...

"You know you were supposed to take it with water..."

Oh.