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was a dry and arid land sparsely populated with harsh and scraggly trees weary from their endless quest for water.
    He continued on, determined more than ever to get out the trench. After another hour of walking, the floor sloped up sharply, and he knew he reached the impact point. He trudged his way to the top and turned to survey the trench. It was a gash in the earth that stretched as far as the eye could see with toppled and broken trees on either side of it.
    He turned away, not being able to believe what he just saw, or that he was even capable of doing it. He was tired and worn down. It was a time to head home, if only he knew which way to go.
    He tapped the nav-compass on his wrist to activate it. It was unresponsive.
    Disappointed, he stumbled forward with no real plan in mind except to try to find a road or a path, anything that would lead him to a town. He needed to find transport to get back home.
    He walked through a forest in a daze. Though he had never seen such tall trees before, he was too exhausted to look up and admire them. The forest gave way to a field and he stopped to survey the land. He spotted a road that ran along the field and he crossed over to get to it.
    When he arrived he stood alongside it and looked both ways. He had two options. Go to the left or to the right. What seemed like such a simple choice felt so incredibly difficult.
For once in your life,
he thought to himself,
make a decision and stick with it.
    He turned to the right and walked down the rock strewn road.
The beginning of a journey starts with a single step
, he reminded himself. He smiled weakly as he remembered that pearl of wisdom his mind had conjured up during his time in the trench.
    Up ahead, he could see a town nestled in a valley below. He picked up his pace.
    Later that day, an object high in the sky streaked over the area of the trench. It came to a stop and hovered for a moment, and then with a sudden burst of acceleration, descended rapidly without a sound and came to an abrupt halt just inches above the deep end of the trench. The object was a man, covered head to toe in a sleek black pressure suit. His face was expressionless, as there was no discernible mouth, eyes, ears, or nose, just a reservoir of inky blackness. The light that surrounded him seemed to fade as if he absorbed it.
    He hovered for a moment, and then slowly descended to the bottom of the trench.
    He tilted his head to the left then to the right as points of light appeared on his face. He reached out to touch the earthen wall where Breeze had tried to climb earlier and recoiled upon contact. He leaned in and noted the blood that was caked on the dirt. He slowly reached out again, but this time with a finger. A needle protruded from the tip of the finger. He vacuumed a small quantity of the blood-soaked dirt through it before retracting it.
    He held the finger up to his face and stared at it as the points of light on his face become a maelstrom of swirling stars. They spun faster and faster, growing in intensity until his head glowed a brilliant white, then ceased and his face returned to an expressionless pit of darkness. He shot toward the sky and disappeared.

TWO
    BREEZE WOKE UP IN a terrible fright. He looked about wildly and was overwhelmed by the unfathomable darkness that surrounded him. His back was pressed against something hard and jagged. He stood up and turned to touch the rough surface he slept against all night. It felt cold and damp. He backed away and his heel snagged a sharp object. He fell back with a yelp.
    Lying on the ground, he looked up and saw a sprinkling of stars through a narrow gap. He got up slowly, taking ragged breaths as he spun in a circle, hoping his eyes would lock onto anything familiar. He looked up again at the stars for guidance and saw leafy branches blocking his view. He tapped his nav-compass. Its glow faintly illuminated the area where he saw tree trunks everywhere he turned. He realized now he was in deep