The Sound of Silence(21)

The sky was strangely clear. Aurora was flowing like a colorful belt, and waving like tide. Or maybe it was just his illusion. He suddenly realized that his journey had come to an end.
The summit was not a treasury of disc ores in his anticipation, however. Instead, it was as barren as an empty altar. He walked heavily forward, like the last emperor stepping toward his guillotine. He was looking for things not only outside his body, but also inside his heart.
In the center of the summit, a disc was lying still on an icy cube. He took it up, inserted into his backpack player, put his headphone on, and sat down against the cube.