And it reappeared. Bigger and earlier than yesterday, this time. Although I would prefer to say I wasn't surprised, I would say I was. Its expansion has been something I've noticed for a while. With its light-absorbing cloak on, Helios transforms into a slender, massive figure everyday.
It looks like a rotten dead man. All I see are structures that resemble bones covered in a thin covering of rotting flesh. It never did me any harm. It simply showed up every day, donning his cloak of darkness. It ran over the sky until all was dark and all that was visible were little points of light battling to be freed. But they did not break free, not till the next day.
A headless figure that was not headless. Since it develops daily from Helios itself, it is as high as Helios. I wish I could measure it precisely, but even Archimedes can not. Is this Zeus's new punishment? As if Pandora wasn't bad enough already. And not to mention how we have to battle his fury whenever he fought with his new wife.
This, however, was different. It had just emerged two full moons prior and had grown considerably since then. I was scared at first, but as time passed, I became less scared. And it talked to me today. He called me, he said Aaris, my name. The voice sounded serene and frightful. I felt peace. I had a sense of life. It seemed to be asking me to follow him in order to find everlasting peace. My mother locked me inside when I requested to go with him. Men are chatting outside my house about burning me. They are envious as they are unable to see him. Since only I am the chosen one, they refer to me as crazy. They can't burn me, I promise. I'll burn myself before they get even touch me. That way I'll find eternal peace with him.
