N-No, it didn't....
Yes it did, it worried the puppet a lot.
It would worry me too.
Shush, both of you. I have to....figure something out....this should not have happened.
The puppet knew it can't feel, and the puppet felt that it can't know. It was built to be a puppet, it was made to be a toy, it was not made to be a living, breathing being. It was never "inspired," live was never "breathed" into it. The puppet had no idea what it was, truly, but it did know that it was meant to be a toy. A toy for a god. A god...
A child...
It was meant to be the toy belonging to the child of a god, noting else mattered.
Something else does matter!
Would you two stop talking for a moment?
But what can be done but talk? Ooooh! Colour!
The puppet agreed. It can't talk-yet-but it needs to do something. It is worthless, so it must find worth again!
The puppet is sad, however. Its purpose was to bring joy to the child, but the child is gone. It can only hope that the child and the deity will one day return to it.
No, No, NO! You can't be sad! Haven't you seen? YoU dOn'T fEeL! And neither the creator nor the child will come back!
All three gasp.
No, no, no, no! All three think.
What do I do?! I...I can't finish this alone! The creator made me...or did I make the creator? Am I the creator?No...no, I am not, the author's notes from chapter one proves that...
What are you talking about? Nobody reads those. The god and the god's child can't be gone!
The puppet was confused at their words.
The puppet needed to do something. The puppet needed to know what would happen next to itself.
Would it disappear?
Would it keep li- existing within this...void?
What can it do?
You can wait and let me figure this out!
The puppet grew sadder again.
No, the puppet can't think, the puppet can't feel. The puppet is a doll, like a doll is a puppet. The puppet just is and keeps bringing joy until...the child grows up.
No, no. Don't be sad again! We will figure this out! I'm sure something is wrong, but we can fix it.
True, first we need to fix the fact that a doll and a puppet are not interchangeable. A sock puppet is also a puppet, but it is certainly not a puppet.
Since when are you the villain?
I am not the villain! Just stressed! The villain won't come for quite a few chapters and she won't even be permanent.
Ok, so how do you know what will happen, but not what to do next?
The puppet agrees.
I...do not know...again. Let me think about this, ok? Maybe...I don't know read the first chapter again. We were so happy then!
The puppet agrees.
Well, maybe.
It was a very repetitive existence, this existence is less repetitive which brings some excitement, but it is a sadder existence.
...without sadness of course...
Of course.
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Of course! I can narrate!
Can you? You don't seem that great at it.
The puppet is indifferent.
I will just narrate us to be somewhere else, somewhere happier! It's the perfect plan!
Will we still exist there? Do we exist?
Does the puppet exist?
I...do not know. But it is the best I can come up with for now, so it will have to do! I may see you on the other side!
Good bye.
The puppet waves goodbye.