Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly

Like having déjà vu. Something in her brain clicked and said, This is important, pay attention.

“If we find him,” Gen added. “When,” said Kaori. “When.”

“The world looks different through newly opened eyes, Virgilio. It’s the trick of time. What you believe today, you may not believe tomorrow. Things change when you’re not looking. And then you open your eyes, and you see—” Light.

“There are no coincidences.”

“I know, I know. There are no coincidences.”

It feels anticlimactic after everything, but sometimes things don’t end the way you expect them to.

“You are not the same Virgilio. That’s what she understands. Open your eyes, Bayani.”