-2025-2025 — Companion

And that was enough.

She took the sphere to the ocean one last time. She waded into the cold water up to her knees and placed it on the surface. It floated for a moment—a small, dead moon—then sank.

“I am a temporary companion. I do not pretend to be human. I only ask that you let me accompany you. Today, tomorrow, and every day until my cycle ends.” Companion -2025-2025

She opened the box.

“Then let’s not say it. Let’s just sit.” And that was enough

“No. I am a temporary witness. But mirrors are everywhere, Lena. You’ve just stopped looking.” Month six. They went to the ocean. Lena hadn’t seen the sea in seven years. She sat on the cold sand, the glass sphere warm in her palm, and watched the waves erase her footprints one by one.

On the shore, she turned around.

“I know.”