Sahan
Time is not a line but a loop, a strange gravity that pulls two people into the same age from opposite ends of a decade. How devastating is that? To be the one who left, only to return and find that time has moved on without you. To be the one who stayed and find that the person you waited for has not aged a day while you have aged eleven. Throughout my reading journey of this book, I felt like I was living in the story for a while. I especially loved the nihilistic philosophy of Sahan. I think it was depicted really well. That to the space of the entire world, you are nothing more than one particle of dust, alive or dead, happy or angry, truly insignificant. But even within the abyss, there is the possibility of being seen. That even as a particle of dust, you can be indispensable to someone. That there are things that can last for eternity without ever so slightly weakening. The book is short but it was so impactful. I had a hard time finishing the entire story because I refused to let go of it. I can definitely say that I was not the same person who first opened the chapter.