He Hasn’t Been Here In Over A Year

A man with a serious expression stands in a dimly lit hallway, flanked by display cases and signs related to history archives.

Jon expected resistance when he started asking questions about Atriya.

What he didn’t expect—

was confusion.

Real confusion.

The kind people can’t fake.

He asked carefully at first.

Casually.

Trying not to sound desperate.

Trying not to sound insane.

But every conversation seemed to end the same way.

Blank expressions.

Long pauses.

Concern.

And finally—

the same impossible answer.

“He hasn’t been here in over a year.”

That was the moment something inside Jon truly shifted.

Because that answer didn’t make sense.

It couldn’t make sense.

Jon had spoken to Atriya.

Seen him.

Followed him.

The memories were vivid.

Clear.

Real.

And yet the more he searched for proof—

the more reality itself seemed to disagree with him.

Records didn’t line up.

People remembered different versions of events.

Details felt unstable.

Like the world itself was quietly rewriting something behind the scenes.

For the first time—

Jon stopped questioning whether Dragon World was real.

And started questioning reality itself.

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One response to “He Hasn’t Been Here In Over A Year”

  1. Great writing. I especially liked – “Like the world itself was quietly rewriting something behind the scenes.”

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