La Guerrera del tiempo by Starsea

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Theme: Even

"Are you afraid of the dark?"

Setsuna blinked. She looked down at Usagi, the blue eyes almost pleading for the answer. "Why do you ask?"

"Because... I still am." Usagi laughed a bit, embarrassed. "Even after everything. I remember being out there, in the darkness... it was so empty and cold. I wasn't scared then. But now, when I remember it, I am scared. Lying in my bed, in the dark... I'm scared. Even though I'm safe." She stared at the picture in front of them, her mouth puckered. "It's stupid."

Setsuna looked at the photograph. It was black and white, like all the photographs in the exhibition. The light and dark were so carefully balanced. She remembered the darkness of the cauldron, individuality shattered, nothingness; she remembered the call to come back, her identity forming out of the primordial sea, and the burst of light. She remembered the joy of seeing her body again in spirit form, of seeing her family and friends again. Pure light, no shadows whatsoever. Then back in this world where light and darkness coexisted.

"You're scared because you're safe," she said slowly. "Being scared... it's a luxury. We feel scared when we feel the world might be put out of balance, become uneven. When it is out of balance... there's no time for feeling scared then. If it helps Usagi-chan... never fear shadows. They just mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby."

"So they're even," Usagi said slowly.

"Yes. Everything is even."

Title: The purpose of the shadows

DISCLAIMER: Usagi and Setsuna both belong to Naoko Takeuchi.

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