Samara's sleep was not peaceful, not even close to it. Screams filled the air, wet noises sounded around her and fluid splattered around her. The surroundings were dark yet tinted with a scarlet-red. Samara's vision blurred after she heard the familiar screams around her, she fell on her knees and sobbed, trying to curl into herself. The screams began to get louder and she realized that her own screams were mixed into them. The predatorial roars echoed loudly around her while she began to panic, her survival instincts were going into overdrive as they tried to escape from the ensuing torment.
Samara was shaking and twitching uncontrollably from fear, she felt an unimaginable pain start to form in her chest as her heart just could not process the amount of fear she was experiencing. She suddenly felt the pain burst before everything began to feel numb and the darkness was slowly getting replaced by a blinding white. Samara felt something warm cover her, reminiscent of how her parents used to cover her when she was scared before she was engulfed by the empty whiteness.
She lurched forward and emptied her stomach to the ground next to her, her heart was beating mildly and she could feel the adrenaline course through her veins, eyes rapidly darting around the clearing they were in. The peaceful feeling she just experienced was gone and she was craving for it again. When was the last time she felt so at peace, so happy? Her arms gave out under her and she fell in the pile full of bile she had made. She didn't want to continue like this anymore, in a constant fear of safety, of home. They were getting nowhere after all, they had been traveling for days, maybe even a couple of weeks and they were not getting any closer to this fabled 'safe haven' the longneck spoke of.
Speaking of the longneck, Samara looked to her side to see that the longneck was still sleeping, not particularly happy nor peaceful but having a better dream than she had despite laying on an uncomfortable surface. She shook her head, this was it, she was going to end it tonight, she didn't want to continue anymore. She had seen whatever the world wanted her to experience, it was time to rest eternally now.
She thought about how she wanted to end it, maybe with a sharpened stick if there were any not yet fully burnt. Starting to search around for any sticks she froze when she heard a noise behind her, slowly turning around she saw that the longneck was wide awake, and looking at her with a concerned expression.
The universe has a beginning, but no end. —Infinite.
The stars too have beginnings, but their power accompanies their decline. —Finite.
It the wise who are the most foolish. History has taught us as much.
The fish of the sea know not the world of the land. Were they to possess wisdom, they too would experience decline.
It is more absurd that humans should surpass the speed of light than it is that fish should start living on the land.
- Steins;Gate (anime / visual novel)