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Deep in the desert, away from the Kingdom. Away from order into chaos. Away from the protection of the walls, into the freedom beyond them.

But where must I go? OH! To the source. The burning acacia. I must retrieve the truth.

The sun is in my eyes. Halt Camu! … Good. I hop off Camu. I must hydrate. Water for the heat. No more water?? I must have drank it. The sun is in my eyes.

Must go on. Must get to the acacia. The fiery green. But the heat makes me…

What is that? Do I see green? Is the green approaching me? I draw my sword protecting me. The green hisses. Eye to eye. I slay it!

Two more heads grow back. The three headed snake flies away. A dragon? I look down at my sword… No blood…? What is that in the reflection of the blade? The stars? But I see the golden sand beneath me. It’s night time?

I see the three headed dragon flies away into the stars beyond the night sky in the reflection of my blade.

It’s night time?

Close your eyes. Breathe. 1… 2… 3… Open.

The night sky is in the reflection of my blade. Still. What is the night sky’s constellation? What do I see? A blue lady… pouring water from a bucket. Water?

The fish is in the past. The fish is no longer here. A new age? Aquarius? A new age? Is it true?

I place the sheath around my blade and back on my hip. I look to the sky.

The sun is in my eyes. I look ahead, south, away from the kingdom. I look north, towards the kingdom, from where I came from. I look down towards my feet and notice Camu’s footsteps ahead of me and I follow the trail with my eyes until they disappear over the dunes. What is that over there? Smoke? Did I miss it? Did I walk past it? The sun is in my eyes. I need water.

I run towards the smoke, on top of the dune and in between four dunes I see it… the acacia. Burning, surrounded by a pond.

Water! I run down the hill and tumble into the pond. I feel the heat of the burning acacia and the freshness of the water on my skin.

I need water. I splash water into my mouth and on my face then remember what I’m here for… The message!

What is this message to come? I look at the burning acacia in front of me while I drink from its pond and notice a shadow casting upon us.

I look on to the sky and see a singular cloud, it swirls, expands and opens and the night sky is revealed again.

The lady looks down and pours her bucket of water onto us. Watering the acacia and me. So much water. Thank you!

The acacia still burns however. How? The cloud expands further, revealing the night sky and its stars, allowing a second lady to peek and pour her bucket onto us. I’m dying of thirst. I drink and drink and drink. Ahh! Relief.

I stand up. The pond is expanding. The water rises up to my knees. The acacia still burns, however.

I stumble out of the water, and on top of the dune to look around and notice the acacia, perfectly surrounded by dunes… as if hiding from aimless drifters of the sands.

The sky ladies of the sky are filling the dune crater with water while the acacia burns. It is almost full. I hear a laugh from above as they drop a dead fish onto the pool they have now created… The prophecy is true. A new age is underway.

Aquarius. I understand your message…

The ladies of the sky suck all the water they spilled back up, close the clouds and leave only the dead fish beside the no longer burning Acacia.

Back to the desert. I whistle to my ship. We must start our journey back. The new age is here.