“I am the All-Seer, and I am afraid that I have need of you.”
“Me?” I laugh. “No one has needed me in…” I try to recall, “well, it has been a long time.”
She steps towards me, and I get this sudden sensation like I should run and get away from her as fast as I can. It’s so strong that I take a step back, but common sense returns, and I stop myself.
“Luna Omega, Goddess, the First Omega,” she whispers my names, and then drops to her knees before me. “Forgive me.”
“For what?”
“For everything that will happen next.”
I frown, shifting my silk dress so I can kneel in the grass beside her. “Let me help you. You seem like you need a hand.”
“You would help me? Just like that?”
She is almost speechless.
“I would,” I smile encouragingly at her, and, to my surprise, she reaches out and grabs hold of my hands.
That’s two people who have touched me, held my hand, been kind to me. I must have done something right. What a wonderful time to be alive!
“Walk with me, and let’s talk this through. I’m sure we can come to an understanding,” I say with a smile and help her up.
We walk, and she’s silent for so long that I wonder if she’s even going to speak.
“The human world is getting too far away. Their problems are becoming so big that we almost cannot touch them.”
I laugh. “How is that a problem? They are growing like children; we need to let them learn to fly.”
She’s shaking her head before I’ve even finished speaking. “They are cruel to each other, they still need us. It’s not time for them to walk alone yet. But further, our worlds exist intrinsically. The further apart we are, the more we will both fall. If their world should fail, Remmilow will as well.”
I puzzle over that. “What would you do?”
“The Petition has been debating for some three hundred days, trying to find a god who would be able to achieve fixing this issue.”
I smile, still not sure what she means. “Did you find someone?”
“We did.”
She’s stopped walking, and she’s staring at my hands, her eyes lowered where I can’t read them.
“Oh.” I swallow hard. “You mean me?”
“I do mean you. You are the oldest, the wisest, the strongest. Only you would be able to save them.”
I shake my head. “I am a reclusive goddess who knows nothing about the world.”
“But you know what it’s like to be an omega. You know what is right and what is wrong.”
I shake my head, baffled and amused by her strange request.
“So, you want me to go there and speak to them?” I ask. “What shall I say?”
She shakes her head, sadness leaching into her aura. “No, I need you to fall. I need you to go to this world and live there, being reborn human, time and time again, over and over. When they are in trouble, you will be there to guide and help them return to the right path.”
I stare at her.
“You want me to give up being all that I am?”
