One soul, One being (Anderperry)

Sometimes shadows do not fade with the light, but rather stretch, as if they want to cling to what is no longer there. Words that were never spoken remain in the air, waiting to be heard, waiting for someone to retrieve them from the cracks of silence. In the murmur of memories there are laughs that have not died, promises that still whisper in the empty nights, and in some corner of the soul you feel the presence of someone who never left.

Todd Anderson walks alone, searching for a familiar figure in the maze of dark hallways and minds that no longer believe. Who is real in a world that falls apart with every breath? Who can disappear without a trace and yet remain alive in the footsteps of those who loved him?

He knows it. He feels it. He sees it.

Because, somehow, in every corner, in every silence, there is something that tells him that Neil Perry has not disappeared from the world. Or at least that's what Todd refuses to let go.

Maybe the stars will never go out. Maybe what lights up in the heart doesn't go out with time. Maybe, maybe, Neil is waiting for him somewhere, in some corner where they can be one soul, one being.