text: "Hello," I say to no one in particular, not that there was anybody to hear it. No, nobody. Certainly nobody. A vast expanse of sand, and in the distance an ocean, is all that was left in front of me. It's a tricky thing to remember where I am, but most importantly it is hard to remember where I am going. I walk towards the ocean, but it seems to never get closer. I thought I saw a bird a few days ago, but it had three too many legs. It seems like a lot of things aren’t very solid now, shifting like the sand underneath my feet. You have to be careful at the sand dunes because if you roll down it is hard to get back up. The sand is all I ever see now, so I have gotten pretty good at feeling it. Sometimes you get that windy sand that seems to get kicked up like dust, other times you get the hard unmoving sand. It’s always sand though. How long have I been moving? I do not know. I do not remember, all I know is I must get to the ocean. The ocean is my destination, some days though I walk around in circles, feeling like I can’t get my legs to move straight. Those days are always so cloudy, the sun never seems to come up all the way. Hidden behind a veil. Who am I? I do not know. I do not look at myself, or if I had, I do not remember. Where am I going again? Something with... Fash? Fesh? No, it’s fish. Fish with an I. I am going to the ocean. The ocean, with birds and fish. Water too. I walk because the sand is too slippery to run on, I used to run a lot. On these weird hard things that weren’t quite sand. I remember the feeling, running until I was sick. I remember someone, someone helping me. I can’t remember the name, it’s on the top of my knee. M something, short... Then I remember other things too, like the sounds of... Where am I going again? The ocean, I am going to the ocean. The ocean, with birds and fish. Water too. Sometimes the ocean seems so far away that it feels like I’ll never reach it... Sometimes it feels like it’s right in front of me, I can hear the cackling of the birds laughing. Those damn birds. The fish never speak, which is why I prefer them over the birds. I haven’t seen them in a long time, and that suits me just fine. But, what are birds again? Small for sure, were they white? Maybe they were black with speckadoodled spots? Maybe they had four legs or eight like the spiders? “Hello,” I say to no one in particular, not that there was anyone to hear it. No, nobody. Certainly no- “Hello.” A voice answers. I'm not startled, it felt perfectly natural. There, through the sand. A monster on two legs, far more than normal. A terrible monstrous with beady eyes and a fanged face... I run. I run, and I fall down a sand dune. Not good, the edges are too steep. I couldn’t make it up even if I wanted. I see something peer over the edge of the dune, a monstrous face with beady eyes and a fanged face. Certainly something this horrifying can not be natural? No, it couldn’t be. Perhaps it is all just a hallucination, after all, I’ve never seen this monster before. Yes, that is it. It is a hallucination. I sit down and attempt to calm my nerves, but the figure doesn’t leave. If anything it grows bolder, what was once far is now close, it is merely a few feet away. I need to run- I should run now, right now, no wait there is no way up from the dunes. How can I get away can I get awa- “hello?” A voice asks me a question. “What are you?” I asked with such trepidation, perhaps I do not want to even know. “I do not know.” The voice answers, in a voice so familiar to me. “What are you?” the voice asks me, and I respond “I do not know.” Both of us frown. I think for a while, the monster just stands there... On two legs, I look down and I see two legs as well. I investigate my skin, it is the same. I feel my face and my eyes. They are similar. I understand now, “I am you” I respond to the creature. “ and I am you” the voice responds. I do not understand, this is a terrible thought to have occurred. I am me, but they are me? Impossible, I am already me therefore I cannot be them as well. I push the thoughts away, and I ask the voice “ Where are you going?” The voice responds “ The ocean, with birds and fish. Water too.” I responded, not understanding “ Me too, would you mind if I joined you?” The voice responds “ Sure, we’ll keep each other's company.