The Hunt for Knowledge

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Aren thought long and hard about that. His mind ran through all of the times he went back into peaceful plains whenever he died. “I’m the only one there if you don’t count the trees. I actually one dug the ground out of curiosity but I didn’t see anything there. When I came back the next time there was no indication I dug anywhere which makes me believe either the place is reset after I leave or I am in a different area every time. Wait, actually....” Aren remembered one instance, only one, where something besides trees and grass were there. “There was one time a set of weaponry, a metal helmet, and a bundle of roses laid under a large tree. It looked like a memorial of some sort.”
 
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Sometimes, Jude regretted the fact that no one else had a memory like him. That they couldn't just remember the entire thing, perfect and flawless as it was. There were a lot of bad things with it, but in cases like this? Really, really useful.

"Was there anything significant about that time? Like, anything different about you getting there?"

Was it a special incident? Was it something he'd done? Something someone else had done? There were a lot of factors going on, and Jude was just starting to keep track of him.
 
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Aren thought a little about the incident “No, nothing changed. But things felt different, like there was more than I could see or feel. I could feeling...something, not sure what. It was like a flood of emotions. Happiness, despair, anger, then....nothing. I don’t know what goes on there. The closer I was to the memorial the stronger the flood of these emotions got. Something happened there...something big. That’s all I knew.”
 
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Alright. That was suspicious. No, that was something well beyond suspicious. The whole thing was beyond suspicious, and Jude desperately wished that Edmund was there. He knew things like this. He'd be able to sit down (or more probably, float there) and pick through it.

"Okay," Jude said. "I think you should probably, uhm, talk to someone who's an expert in this. In afterlives. Maybe a reaper could tell? Like, find out where you're going."
 
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Aren was quiet for a second. He wasn’t quite sure how to put this. “Actually I did talk to a reaper about that kinda stuff. I didn’t bring up this realm but they did look at my soul. They just said it was ‘strange’ and wouldn’t elaborate on it.” Aren was still confused on what Shay meant by his soul being ‘strange’
 
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No no no, 'this kind of stuff' wasn't quite the same thing.

"You need to talk to them about the realm," Jude said. "Like, explicitly try and sit one down and ask what that's about. Someone senior, with experience. Someone like..." Jude paused for a moment, mentally sorting through his list. "Someone like Regis."
 
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Aren thought about it carefully. “Alright Jude. Alright. I’ll try to ask one about this realm but I have a feeling it won’t give much to go on. If it’s an afterlife then why am I the only one there. Why is there a memorial to what likely is a dead soldier or dead soldiers?”
 
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Jude could think of a lot of reasons.

"An afterlife isn't just one big room," Jude pointed out. "You could be on another layer. Maybe you're supposed to be the guardian for an afterlife for dead soldiers. But like I said... I don't know. You'd need to talk to an expert, and I don't know anything about the afterlife."

That was so not his area of expertise it was impressive.
 
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Aren nodded quietly, once again thinking about everything. “Alright Jude. I’ll talk to an expert in the afterlife then.” Aren smiled softly and waved to Jude “I guess I should get going then. Hope to see you sometime soon Jude.” Aren happily walked off and out of sight.
 
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