Chapter 26
Adam was in the starless void of space. Somewhere so far from all other celestial bodies that even their aeons-old light could not reach him.
An eye opened in the dark. It was possibly the biggest thing in existence, or so small that it could fit within Adam’s palm.
He floated there, as the eye provided the only contrast to the dark. Its sclera was the white light of creation, its iris was the first planet to ever exist in this outcast region of space, and its pupil was shaped like a man.
The man moved towards where Adam floated. As he neared, his brown dishevelled hair was revealed, along with a chiselled face, thick eyebrows, and amber eyes that reflected some unseen kaleidoscopic cosmos.
It was his mirror image, though it was clad in a suit of darkness, such that it looked like just a floating head.
ADAM
The doppelganger spoke his name. It made his entire being tremble, threatening to tear him asunder.
“Who are you?” Adam asked. His voice was a tiny thing that the darkness quickly swallowed.
His mirror image replied, but its voice became something smaller. Like a human whispering to an ant, such that the breath of its voice would not blow Adam away.