A Tale of Two Souls

40,000 BCE – The Cave and the Ember

Setting: Paleolithic wilderness

Lifespan: 40,032–39,975 BCE

Connection: Firelight. Silent trust. Survival shared in stillness.

1520 – The Feather and the Blade

Setting: Aztec Empire meets Spanish Conquest

Lifespan: 1500–1535

Connection: A fleeting alliance. A dance between destroyer and dreamer.

1770 – Smoke and Steam

Setting: Industrial London

Lifespan: 1750–1795

Connection: Shared hunger. One writes by candlelight. The other sings in soot.

1851 – Sky Spirits

Setting: Great Plains, Lakota Territory

Lifespan: 1820–1865

Connection: One prays to ancestors. The other paints them.

1918 – War and Glory

Setting: Europe, trench and sky

Lifespan: 1900–1940

Connection: A trench whisper. A love scribbled in margins. A final charge together.

2000 – The Upload and the Ache

Setting: Suburbia. Dial-up. Beige box computers.

Lifespan: 1940–2000

Connection: They've been together for decades. But tonight, they discover something new: themselves — digitized, erotic, and absolutely alive.

2025 – Through the Glass

Setting: Somewhere near you

Lifespan: 2000–2085

Connection: A screen flickers. One types. The other sees.

2167 – Echo Protocol

Setting: Off-world orbital habitat

Lifespan: 2130–2190

Connection: Is either one real? Does it matter if they love?

3000 – The Memory Keepers

Setting: AI-merged hypercivilization

Lifespan: 2950–∞

Connection: A shared dream. A loop. Two fragments seek the original spark.