The stars shined brighter than any stars you’ve ever seen in Outertale, a lot more visible than the AU you come from. The sky always had been filled with gases and thick black fogs. It was nice to know that there were places that you could actually breathe fresh air. You had Ink to thank for that. He was the one who originally found you and offered you an escape.. a life. He gave you a purpose…

Here you two sat, side by side, as you were thinkin’ of things to do. Yeah, only the cheapest things left there for you. And the only thing you learned from Ink is that there’s nothing left to look forward to. None of it mattered anyways, as everyone died in the end. You were asleep for days, but now he’s the only thing keeping you awake. The calculator will make the same mistakes. Ink can see that in your face.

Raising an arm up and pointing at the sky with one finger, Ink smiled brightly as he broke the silence, leaning back on one of his hands. He said strange things at times, sometimes it didn’t make sense at all and he would never explain it to you. And this was one of those times..

“Hold on tight to this time, this place. ‘Cause everything we know will be erased. We all were born inside their heads and that is where we’ll be when we are dead..!”