Perhaps... The Sentiment Is Mutual..

I had no idea he felt this way.

Someone I claimed to love... how could I know so little about them.

Honour their needs so little?

Trap them in the "comfort" of our lives. The monotone..

I got used to this.

I took him for granted.

It's no wonder.. no wonder he sought a way out.

I should have seen it-- dabbling in dark magic wasn't an idle interest, it was an act of rebellion.

He wanted to be his own person, find his own way of life.

I romanticized him, and paid the price for it.

One could, theoretically, use the energy of the black hole itself - and I presume you are aware this needs to be a supermassive black hole - to power the apparatus that will create the gravitational field. It should also be adaptive in nature, so it may need an advanced AI to extrapolate data, predict and adjust in real-time. Time is another issue... time dilation will be so rapid and unpredictable, you'd have to install a stabilizing time mechanism inside yourself. A better idea would perhaps be to travel through a black hole while inside a stable pocket dimension, little Eclipse.

Why don't you give it a try?

I'm sure a certain individual has the blueprints for a dark matter generator. Perhaps you could adapt them.

E., with love.

You seem a bit restless lately. I recall you mentioning you are interested in Black Holes. How about for your next project you try to make something that will allow to to safely explore the inside of one? Just an idea I am throwing out there.

-SSP

Are you stupid? That's not possible. The gravitational pull is too strong. Nothing could counter that.

...

.....

Hm... Maybe is anti-gravity... But is it even be possible to create such a thing?

And you're right, we don't know each other that well!

<Sun's voice took on a darker tone>

So why are you interfering with, what was initially supposed to be, some playful bothering of this Eclipse? I would have dropped it at his insistence.

You seem an awful lot like his guard dog right now. Is that what you are? What you want to be known as? Did he ask you to interfere on his behalf?

Try hard.

I'll leave the issue be, but back off, or else.

<There was a terrifying swirling aura around Sun; sweet pale yellow fading into deep black. In that moment, he definitely gave off an impression of more an Eclipse than a Sun.>

- Sun

You must think you're being real cute, aren't you.

...

I remember the time once when Sun led an army.

Those were strange times..

Why was it again?

Ah yes, I remember it now.

It was a planet where a Moon was a world leader. A tyrant of sorts.. I believe its name was Nocturna.

She was on a complete powertrip with her star.

She was ruthless, truly worthy of the title of a psychotic moon, and Sun damn near lost his mind.

He switched to dark mode near instantly and rallied troops in a matter of weeks, not caring if he used underhanded methods to do so either.

What could I do but watch my star march, lest I be collateral damage in his wrath?

I wasn't too concerned with the half dead planet anyways. Mismanagement of power always goes awry.

But I think it's the little Sunling that truly triggered Sun's rage. It was a small Sun serving as Nocturna's page. And the little thing was beat to near death for every slight she managed.

Sun did it for her.

Yet she still died in the end.

Belatedly, we realized that all the citizens on the planet had already been dead, and were only kept some semblance of alive due to Nocturna's star.

With the star destroyed... it was over.

But the Sunling, I believe she at least greeted her end in freedom, held by someone who fought for her.

Sun was inconsolable for months after, revisiting the planet often to mire in his thoughts and the remnants of the carnage.

Until one day he came home with his first cat.

He named her after the Sunling.

Stellarune had perhaps been the only truly still alive creature on the planet. Surviving by some miracle, as cats do.

Who knows what this cat even is.. it doesn't age and it doesn't grow.

Maybe it's not alive after all?

It eats like a little monster though....

I found the pods!

And one of them -- just one! -- is still in working order!

Stars, but.. is this little thing strong enough to weather the space storms around this planet ?

I really wish Eclipse was here to give me advice.

You know what? I'm going for it. I'm just.. I'm going for it!

Wish me luck!

Come take a look

Come tussle with an old friend of ours!

- Sun & Eclipse

Hold on while I set things up, alright?

I have to make a selfie of all things.

<Sun eventually fell asleep, with nightmares plaguing his rest. He remembered Moon. He remembered being owned.>

<He woke up, having scorched the couch and scared the cats. Eclipse wasn't there.>

<Sun tried to breathe, even not needing it. He tried to regulate.>

No, no, no, no.

He's not here.

He's not here.

No hands around your neck.

No drowning.

No--

He's dead.

Am I? Am I really dead?

Still broken, I see. How pathetic.

Even after all this time, you still dream of me.

You yearn for me, don't you.

You liked the pain, admit it.

NO

No..

Go away.

...

Orange cats... aren't they just majestic...

Perhaps whatever they sense in you attracts trouble in the form of some cosmic chaos.

E.

It seems you've landed yourself in some hot waters.

E., amused but mildly concerned

No. Fucking. Shit.

I didn't even do anything this time.