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Weightless. Floating face-up on a mountain stream that flowed beautifully through the most serene forest imaginable, Madotsuki was an image of peace and calm. The perfect canopy above allowed just enough sunlight to strike the stream that it was a shimmering flow of quicksilver. Time passed slowly, just the way she preferred it, savoring every moment of her perfect world. Her dream world, she inadvertently reminded herself. Madotsuki flowed ever so slowly, not a care where it took her. Indeed, this area was new to her, she had no clue where she was going. As caught in the moment as she was, peace and calm subjugated any fear.
Nothing lasts forever, least of all in her turbulent mind. Soon, the forest air grew thin and the trees began to break, allowing more and more sun until she was blinded by it. Suddenly, she could feel nothing. The river beneath her was so warm she barely felt it. Her eyes saw nothing through the sunlight. For a moment, Madotsuki was flying to heaven an angel.
Whumph. She landed on a cloud? No, this was familiar. Her bed? Sleepiness still dragged at her body and clouded her senses, but something wasn't right, even to her half-baked perception. Slowly she sat up in and blinked a bit of sleep out of her eyes. She wasn't in her room. Surrounding her was a tall white wooden cage. Her bedsheets were a light pink. Some kind of chime circled above. Was this an adult-sized crib?
"Look, she's waking up!" It was a woman's voice. Hearing something speak intelligbly was not an every day occurance, and Madotsuki was stunned.
A tall faceless woman loomed over the edge of the cage, wearing an invisible smile and staring with invisible eyes that shimmered with adoration. Madotsuki was decidedly reminded of the good qualities in her mother, lovely long and slightly curly hair, a voice calming if foreign. The giant reached in to grab her, and gently lifted her out of the crib humming a quiet lullaby.
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