And the pain hits me again. And again. And again. It feels like forever. And though in the end I can't even scream, in the end I lose any sense of who or what I am, I know that even if I knew where Auri and the others were, I'd never tell them now. Because as much as it hurts, as deep as it cuts, all the pain is nothing compared to the agony of the only thought I cling to. My Cat's gone. She's really gone. And they took her from me.

Tyler!"I'm sorry."TYLER, DON'T GO!"I'm so sorry.And I slap on my safety harness. And I hit the eject button. And I blast out into the burning fold.

It is difficult. To be one who endures.

When we were young, she was the star in my heavens.