I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth. I was late, or you were early. Either way, same mission.
-Where did you come from, Eleven? And what were you doing, floating out there by yourself?
-I was trying to come home. You were the only person that knew me, from Before. You’re the only friend I’ve ever had. You’re going to die and I can’t stop it.
-That’s true for everyone.
This strange and awful time… was the happiest of my life.
To the monsters, we’re the monsters.
I stood looking over the damage, trying to remember the sweetness of life on Earth... But I couldn't remember. Do you know what I remember? You... As a child. From Before.
-There is no Before. No after. Only now.
-I don't buy it. The past is safe. Everything else... changes.
I remember damage and escape. Then, adrift in a stranger’s galaxy for a long time.
But I’m safe now. I found it again. My home. My memories are the same as yours, they mean nothing.
I feel this again for the first time. I have a job to do. I have found you 9 times before, maybe 10. And I’ll find you again, until the last time. I always do. I find you because I know you, and I know you because we are the same. You will know your endpoint when you reach it.
In the early days, before their home was broken, they hardly noticed me. It was better to not be noticed. It is better to not be noticed.
I do know you from somewhere. If you know this, then you’re known, and soon then you’ll be loved. To be loved is a calamity for someone with your job. You have work to do. Work… love makes work impossible. Love will try to see the words before it’s finished. What is your job, love will ask it? Then you will ask, what is my job? And there’s a you. Not to survive because survival is insufficient. I don’t want to live the wrong life and then die.
I remember damage, then escape. I am at my best when I’m escaping. I have a job to do. I still have a job to do, I have found you 9 times before, maybe 10, and I’ll find you again. I always do. There is no rescue mission. We are the same. We are safe.