ARTHYR AURELIO AND THE MISFITS’ OASIS — The ache of absence

“I’ve come to tell you that you’re not alone. There are others like you in the enchanted lands. Boys and girls who suffer from the ache of absence.”

“The ache of what?”

“Absence. It goes something like this: I want something, but no one can give me what I want. So why ask for it? I say I don’t want anything, and I’m left with this emptiness that nothing seems to fill.”

Skyblue was silent. The elf had found words for something she could not explain, even to the ceiba tree.

“Others feel that emptiness, too?” she asked.

“More than you think. Come along. I’ll introduce you to a few.”