"I am the me of myself, I am the thought of thought."
"I am the song that cannot be listened to, I am the eye that cannot be perceived."
"Tell me, what am I?"
After Elliog had been sent contentedly back to her true body to sleep, Fisher had no idea how much time had passed. When he once more crossed the Competitive Gate, the Love and Desire Gate, and the Performance Gate, and returned to the Seeking Knowledge Gate to arrive at the palace doors of Helair, the riddle that opened the door still surfaced, demanding from Fisher—who already knew the answer—the same response.
Only now, Fisher suddenly felt a bit curious: why had Helair placed such a riddle at the door as the key to open it, and why was the answer to the riddle a concept as seemingly mysterious as "soul"?
"Soul."
