Ebb

When even the stars cease to exist

This story is about Yama, a monk who lives in a temple settled high in the mountains. He, together with several other monks, inhabit this remote monastery, yet where the others live according to the way of the monk, Yama doesn't. He thinks where others don't, he doubts where others are certain.

Yama carries a burden, a burden that makes him want to doubt everything, thus he wants to obtain that which he will never acquire... The truth

He has been told many times that this desire would eventually lead to his downfall, but thus far he decided to neglect these prophecies and he would continue to do so.
If only he would have listened, if only Yama knew what horrors he had to face...