H.O.P.E.

She just stood there with swarms of people all around her buzzing with activity. Standing still against the backdrop of flowing energies created a strange magnetic aura around her. An aura that kept her safe and protected. An aura that was impenetrable.

Her eyes were moist, a mirror blurred, and if one were to see through them, one would see how much her mind was struggling to escape her conscience. Who could possibly understand the depths of her? Here she was, hypnotized by her own conditioning- a conditioning that did not stop with her, but beyond her.

He had known this silence since he was a boy. It drew him towards her.

"Stop staring like that... It’s creepy and it freaks me out....."

"I freak you out?"

"No, not really, but the way you stare at nothingness, that’s what freaks me out...where are you from?"

"Europe"

"I have been around the world, you know, and the only thing I have found is that if one has hope, one has everything"

"perhaps you can start a book with that."

"perhaps"