PruCan Week 2021
Day 6: Resurrection
Matthew breaks through the darkness into glaring consciousness with a gasp. As always, it took him a moment to recall his humanity-- that his mind was now connected to a body.
"Welcome back, birdie."
Ideas-- what a voice is, how it's made, why somebody would use it, who was using it, what that meant... "Gil-- Gilbert?" He ties his existence to physicality in saying the words, and though his eyes had been open-- he finally sees. It is Gilbert. East Germany. His...
"Why are you here--" Maybe that was the wrong question. Maybe he meant how, but Gilbert always managed to outsmart the how, so...
"Saw you die," he responds with a tight smile. Like the rest follows naturally. Like there was o other solution to such a thing, than to standing waiting at Matthew's resurrection point.
"But..."
Gilbert squeezes his hand. "It's good to see you again."
