21 - The World

Completeness, Achievement, Wholeness, Denouement

That's it! You did it!

You reached the end! You defeated the final boss!

You watched the credits! You found the monster at the end of this book!

There's a sense of emptiness to it, a whole vibrant world disappearing before your eyes. Maybe there will be a sequel, maybe you can go back - but it'll never be the same as your first time.

I hate this part most of all. Even a good story has to come to an end eventually, and the better the story the harder it is to go back to The World.

The cycle, however, continues: maybe not with this story, but with another, and every pass through you grow and evolve.