Week 9: Day 58 / 12:11
Noah’s life is full of dangerous edges. A step too far this way and he’ll tumble into the Dark, a step too far that way and he’ll fall, like Alice, down a deep, deep hole. Only for him, there will be no bumpy landing. He will fall and keep falling, further and further from the people he loves, the family he has sworn to protect.
He’s boxed in by demands. Never mind what Ms Turner says, Noah can’t afford to mock the Dark, he can’t ignore the words that thump into him whenever he tries to banish it entirely.
What if he stops trying, and gives up on his 5s? What if his rational mind is wrong when it says he cannot possibly be responsible for shielding his family from harm? Because, if he’s not wrong, by stopping his protection of them, he’s inviting the Dark to step right in, he’s giving it the power to destroy them. What if …?
He can’t risk it. He just can’t.
He has no choice but to obey, to do as the Dark instructs.