I remember her.

The earth girl.

I remember watching her beside me, through the glass.

As they ripped her apart.

As they tore me open.

Hi.

My name is Nia.

But not like those colorful felines you see in your world.

Those happy-go-lucky creatures.

It's all a lie.

I was here long before her.

The earth girl.

I was born here.

And I shall die here.

When she came, she was weeping. I felt sorrow for her.

I wondered what it was like.

Like.

To be taken away from your home.

Your love.

Your life.

When she gave a blood curdling cry as they cut into her soul, I knew her.

Her name.

Leo.

For the roars she extols and the dust she shall be one day.

I remember her.

I remember watching them through her out of this Hell, as she ran into the night.

I knew her.

But she never knew me.

Hi.

My name is Nia.

I do have a power.

But I don't control the earth.

Nor fire.

Nor snow.

Nor water.

Nor time.

No.

I was made here.

Unlike her.

Leo.

I am.

A lab rat.

I do have a power.

I feel no pain.

A flying insect, injecting the foolish.

I feel nothing.

In the blue ocean that I have never laid eyes on.

Never touched.

The creatures within it.

They bob, almost lifeless.

With death dangling from their bodies.

Their bells.

I feel nothing.

So I shall stay here.

In Hell.

For the rest of my life.

Unlike Leo.

The earth girl.

But I don't care.

I have no loved ones out there.

In the real world.

Like her.

Or not?