Searcher 2

I awake. I'm still in the tent. There's someone else in the tent. 

-Who are you? What are you doing here?

-I'm preparing you something to eat. Please, be at ease. You're making me nervous.

I look at her. She has long, shiny black hair and she is wearing a kimono. She turns around and puts some rice and miso soup down on a small table.

-You must be so hungry. You've travelled so far.

-Where am I?

-You're in despair.

I begin to eat the rice like a madman. I drink the miso soup in a second.

-Despair? I am seaching for spirituality. 

Her dark hair flips back and all I see are two dark holes where her eyes used to be. I let out a scream.

-Are you a ghost or a phantom? Have you come to condemn me to Hell?

Everything calms down again.

-My father plucked them out. He said that I saw something I should not have seen. It's better that I be blind, he said.

-How did you make the food?

-I've done it a million times.

-Thank you.

I feel a little better, but I was still a bit scared. This is a very strange woman with beautiful, long hair and a beautiful body also, but she has these two dark holes for eyes that are horrifying.

-What is your name?

-Daughter.

-Your name is daughter.

-That's what I was always called.

-Are you looking for spirituality too?

-You could say that.

Then she buries her dark holes in her kimono and pretends to cry. She does this for a long time until I lay a hand on her shoulder.

-Do not touch me! You do not know what I have gone through. All men are wicked!

 I am touched by her sadness and I want to do something for her, but she feels so distant. What am I supposed to do? This is all too overwhelming for me. Out of desperation, I begin to cry. And once I begin to cry, tears flow out of my eyes like a river. I do not know how long I cried, but I cried for a long time.

-Do you feel better now?
-Yes I do.

-Who were you crying for?

-For you. Your sad story touched me. Your father was a horrible man.

-You were crying for yourself, for all the sorrow that you felt when you were chasing pleasures, not trying to feel any pain.

-You're right. I'm sorry.

-People are selfish.

I'm relieved. She makes sense. She is not some ghost who came out of my imagination. 

-So how do I become spiritual?
-You must start by meditating.