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The heart rate machine was going off slowly.Liam clang onto every beat.Dag laid in the medical bay,an Oxygen tube in his nose.He didn't have a suit on but a more comfortable gown made from softer sewn together material.
Dag struggled to breathe.He was weak and hadn't been able to eat much.
The space diet he was on just wasn't helping him.Aaron and Liam stood at either side of him.
Dag had stopped talking a long time ago.He was asleep it seemed.
Aaron sighed and said,"I'm going to the check runner for water."
Liam knodded okay and looked back to his Dad.When Aaron left the room,Liam gripped his father's hand tightly.Dag opened his eyes slightly and sharply inhaled.Liam looked at him and smiled,"Dad?! How are you feeling?"
Dag did his best to give out a laugh and he smiled saying,"I feel great,son.I feel wonderful."

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Liam shook his father,
"No!--no-NoNoNoNoNo!! Dad! No! Wake up! Wake up please! Don't leave me! Please wake up! Daaaaaad!"
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      "I am,flying? I see Liam.
He's standing,no,sitting on the floor.On his knees.He's slumped over.Oh! Aaron is coming."
I watched as Aaron ran over to Liam.It took him only moments to see what had happened in his absence.Sitting on the ground he hugged Liam tightly and Liam sobbed.I couldn't hear them.It was silent.My voice was loud in my mind somehow.Where am I exactly? What's going on? Am I dead? Oh! Yeah,I am.I can see my body laying there.The machine isn't reading a heart beat anymore.I'm dead.I feel bad.I should have told Liam the truth back then but I couldn't tell him I tried once.I told Aaron at that time privately and he helped me teach Liam.He helped me see him flourish into a wonderful person.A magnificent hunter.This passed year has been successful.
  I felt something touch my shoulder.A hand?
I glanced back slowly and I saw a green head of hair I hadn't seen in a long time.I looked up and down to examine Kyle.Has he waited for me? He flashed the biggest smile and said,"I've been waiting for you."Ah,just as I thought.He was always so stubborn.Or maybe that was me? I don't remember.I don't remember anything anymore.Whats happening? Kyle hugged me and I began to float higher.Higher and higher away from my fleshly body.Kyle laughed and grabbed my hands.Spinning around in the air.I missed that.His laugh.I don't want to lose this.I don't want to lose Kyle again.I pulled myself closer to him,hugging him tightly as I said,"Kyle,I've missed you so much." Kyle hugged me back,"Yes,I know and our son has grown up into a fine specimen." I laughed,"Yeah,I guess he has.Aaron helped alot.He needed another Impostor.He needed you."
Kyle smiled at me and laughed again,"You guys got along just fine. Now let's go."
I asked with curiosity as Kyle took me hand in hand higher and higher,"Where are we going?"
Kyle laughed again and held my hand tighter as we floated up higher and higher.

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