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Dawn of a Million Souls

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The colonist looked up at the Migrator. He was floating in midspace in a posture vaguely reminescent of a yoga pose. He was awe-inspiring and powerful-looking, yet appeared warm and gentle at the same time. His appearence was nonetheless very odd. He had four wings, a nude pastel rainbow body, long rainbow hair, long pointed ears, and three eyes. The colonist and Migrator both knew that the Migrator was about to divide himself.
"Ummm... hi." the Colonist said uncertainly.
"Greetings." the Migrator replied. "I admit I am surprised to see anyone else besides myself here."
"Well... it's a long story involving something called a Dream Sequencer..."
"Are you prepared to begin the journey with me?"
"Are you?" the colonist asked in return. "I mean, you're about to divide yourself! Aren't you afraid of ceasing to exist?"
The Migrator gave out a musical laugh. "Those are not Migrator feelings. I am not afraid. I am curious. You see, once I divide myself, I have no idea of what will happen afterwards, or if I will ever become whole again."
"But aren't you frightened of not having a consciousness anymore?"
He laughed again. "Of course I will have a consciousness! Everything that is me will simply have many different souls and different parts of me will be assigned to different ones."
"I just can't believe you aren't scared of that."
"Aha! Perhaps it is you who is afraid of ceasing to exist."
"Well... being the last man alive, I really don't know what will happen after I die..."
"Perhaps we can dispel that fear in time. But now, it is time to divide."
"Okay... goodbye..."
"There is no need for goodbyes. I'm not really leaving, after all..."
The Migrator smiled and appeared to disinigrate into dust. What looked like particles of dust, however, was each a Migrator in itself; every single one unique and different. Only then did the colonist realize how tiny he was compared to the original Migrator. One soul that flew by him grabbed his hand and yanked him off towards a distant galaxy. This soul was pale blue with short rainbow hair, no eyes at all, and rainbow arm tattoos.
In the galaxy they were headed towards was a small planet called Earth.
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=B adore, absolutely Adore~

Wonderful work as always~