IN HIS ELEMENT

He sat on a rock…

Overlooking the ocean.

His face was pale and his cheeks were gaunt. Sadly, he was waiting to die. The boy had a LIFE threatening illness, he had been given a terminal diagnosis so these were his final days. He was about to part ways with the world and strangely, he was at peace with that. Perhaps that was why an element decided to pay him a visit, the aether.

Not many know of the aether. When most men think of the elements, they think of four; fire, earth, air and water, but there is a fifth element, the aether, which is everything in between. In the space between all matter is an intelligence, a substance that fills the void and on this day, it decided to pay the boy a visit.

“I have a proposition for you,” said the aether.