You are the explorer, history knows your name.
$linkreveal[You found uncharted lands, sailed untouched seas, ventured forth beyond all boundaries, and died; far far away from home.]
$linkreveal2[You chose this path.]
$linkreveal3[[[Would you choose it again?|1]]]
You are a child. You are not rich, nor poor, nor wise nor foolish. No story holds to your name, save for youthful adventure, and foolish pursuits. You seek the highest branch, the furthest horizon, the trail leading into the unknown.
$linkreveal[You don't know it yet, but you are choosing your life.]
$linkreveal2[[[Take the road less travelled|2]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|1end]]]You became a quiet child. You did not seek to change the world, only to survive it. You grew alongside the grass and the fields and became like them, unmoving and unmoved. You lived a life, and died.
$linkreveal[You didn't hurt anyone, and found a kind of happiness.]
$linkreveal3[And history did not remember you.]
$linkreveal4[$blur[[[But this was not how the story went.|2]]]]You are a young (print: $gender). You've grown into yourself, beyond yourself, and beyond this small world in which you've lived. There are no more stories here to unravel, it is time to move on.
The world is changing, expanding in front of your very eyes, but the past holds itself to your feet. You have loved here, been loved, felt the earth claim its mark over you, it would not be a sin to hold your path.
$linkreveal[But you cannot stay.]
$linkreveal2[[[Into the breach|3]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|2end]]]
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You are an explorer, history awaits you.
You are at the water's edge, your name is waiting to be made, the sea calls. But it is no longer your journey to make. The world is so vast, it defies those who would pin its edges, an open call of insubordination against the masters of nature. You, who climbed trees and ran down empty roads, are now a tool to cull this insurrection.
And it will not be without cost. Maybe you do not realise it, maybe you do not care; indifferent to what happens to the edges of the maps you fill in, to those who did not ask to be found.
$linkreveal[But maybe you do care.]
$linkreveal2[[[Heed the call|4]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't Go|3end]]]You lived a full life. You set roots down, found yourself an adventure closer to home. Love, life, success and failure, the joy of being a parent. It was more than enough to satisfy your spirit.
$linkreveal[Almost enough.]
$linkreveal3[Though you always wondered...]
$linkreveal4[$blur[[[What if I had been brave?|3]]]]You are all alone.
The sea is on all sides, the sky is dark, the stars do not know your name.
Why are you here?
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(more:)[$linkreveal2[You do not belong here. You should go home.]
$linkreveal3[And yet.]
$linkreveal4[[[There is only forward|5]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|4end]]]]You chose a different path, made your own way, and found yourself adrift. The world did not care for your discoveries, did not see worth in the adventure for its own sake. The edges of the map were filled by men who followed orders, and you sailed between their shadows.
$linkreveal[But you were the captain of your soul.]
$linkreveal3[And you held the mastery of your fate.]
$linkreveal4[$blur[[[But what if you hadn't?|4]]]]You are the explorer, history has discovered your name.
$linkreveal2[And now you are dying.]
$linkreveal3[It was the disease. It was the storm. It was the spear through your chest, pinning you to the earth you spent your life running from. It was loneliness, after all was said and done.
But now you are dying, and history will remember your death.]
$linkreveal4[But not how the sand looks, stained with foreigner's blood. How strange the dim skies look to you, as your eyes begin to close. And not how hard it is to say goodbye.]
$linkreveal5alt[But now you don't have much choice:]
$linkreveal5[[[Let go|5end]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|6]]]You become a disgrace, a (print: $gender) who could not do what had to be done. The baton was passed to those who could see the journey through, and untold pain was caused because of it.
$linkreveal[But the blood did not stain your hands.]
$linkreveal3[And nobody cursed your name.]
$linkreveal4[$blur[[[What a shame it didn't turn out that way.|5]]]]It was always going to end like this.
$linkreveal[Always.]
$linkreveal2[I wish it had been different for you, but then, if it had, I would never have known your name.]
$linkreveal3[Maybe you deserved it, in the end. Maybe this is justice.]
$linkreveal4[But I think, if it was up to me. ]
$linkreveal5[$blur[[[I would have let you come home.|theend]]]]
But you have to.
[[Let go|5end]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|7]]
You can't stay here, this isn't your home.
[[Let go|5end]]<pre>||</pre>[[Don't go|8]]<i>I'm sorry.</i>
[[Let go|5end]]<pre>||</pre>$fade[Don't Go]To those who were explorers, may you rest in peace.
$linkreveal[The End.]