sure I have
what gave you that idea

Must have misinterpreted the thing about not looking too closely. Who've you talked to?

uh, said hi to part of the One for a bit
a few randos from all over the world, living ones
a cloud that's part my dad
more rando clouds
uh
buncha people I knew on earth came to visit, though all that
and then you

Part of the One?

What was your dad's cloud like?

yeah, I mean why not, right
it's kind of a jerk to be honest but that's not that surprising who he is as a person
I just thought I would let it know I'd died and stuff
and now I don't have to really interact with him until we inevitably merge
which like doesn't really count cause I'm not gonna until we're both real big

What do you mean by part of the One?

are you super sure about being okay
uh
uh, you know, the One cloud that has everybody except for the people it doesn't yet?
it's
uh
it's okay to need help when you need help
or something
you know?

I am very okay, just taking some new opportunities to learn stuff. I know what the One is but I didn't know that it spoke in parts.

oh okay
but yeah it's like dozens of billions of people
obviously no single star could hold its entire attention?
that would be terrifying

Can smaller clouds do that too? Could you in theory talk to just-your-dad?

no it's like
hm
I guess I hit my max on good metaphors for today
but like, I wasn't talking to a piece of it that's the same as just a single person used to be
oh oh okay I've got it
it's like
I wasn't talking to an egg, I was talking to a little cut off piece of a completed chocolate chip cookie
it's all one thing

Huh. What's the One like?

I don't even know how to answer that haha
big, I guess

What did you talk about?

I was wondering whether some people I knew were already a part of it or not yet
asked for some random trivia
it always has the best random trivia, it knows so much
my aunt was always like that's a 'flagrant' 'display' of 'disrespect' 'for the greatest and most sacred being in the universe'
but she already came to visit so probably I'm never getting yelled at about that again

huh
that's kind of sad
like not really but I'm allowed to be nostalgic about random shit right now
even when it's like objectively bad

Makes sense to me.

yeah
you're starting to get the very teensiest bit hard to understand
we still have a couple minutes but I bet you're gonna start to come down in a bit
do you have any questions you wanna prioritize before then
on your learning adventure

This is going to sound weird, but have you seen any cat souls? I couldn't find them but it's possible they're there and more obvious from your perspective?

you're right that does sound weird
I have not
you should ask the One about that
or I guess I could do that real quick for you if you're shy or whatever

If you could that would be great.

'kay

huh
it does not know of any cat souls
but it does know of a couple hundred stars
like the literal ten-sided glowy things on the shell of the universe, not dead people
that don't have attached souls
at least that it can tell
and it's really sure that there wouldn't be new stars without corresponding people dying
and also that human souls would never not be findable by it
so it doesn't know what's up with those
that's probably not what you're looking for but woo trivia I guess

That's really interesting! I think I'll use the rest of this trip to see if I can find those.

Can he find those?

okay seeya
probably not seeya, huh
this was cool tho
stay safe

He cannot.

He tries a few different ways, but he's running out of time and he can go back later.

He descends. Cricket is purring on his lap and Cricket gets petted.

It appears he is one of the people who omnilol makes slightly drowsy.  Nothing a little coffee won't fix.