I've forgotten how long I've wandered these lands. has it been days? weeks? no, it's been longer. has it been years? decades? no, even longer. centuries? millennium? no... somehow it feels longer still.
I've met many a person along my travels to nowhere. consoling them almost feels like my job in this place. I keep everyone going towards a better tomorrow. if the citizens disappear, what good is the king?
these beings I see that no one else can, they speak to me. not with words, but with melodies. emotions. colors and shapes the likes of which you can't explain; only experience.
they sing the stories of this place to me — the only one that can hear them. the share their emotions and dreams with me — the only one that can feel them. they give the knowledge of their people to me — the only one that can see them.
after all, a hooded figure like me is naught but a collector.
and what I collect doesn't exist.