The Games and The Game (A Short Story): II

For the Dawn To Twilight Trio Challenge (09-11).
For the Dawn To Twilight Trio Challenge (09-11).
“Dreamer (A). She woke and dreamed of infinity. (6 words.) Older. I made every decision a wise one. (7 words.) Dreamer (B)…”
“Hovering Dark. Rain fell from a cloudless sky. (6 words). Wrist Slap (A). Perhaps my expectations deserve…”
“For the Dawn To Twilight Trio Challenge (06-08)…”
“The Master. He aged faster in experience. (5 words.) Debt Settled. Guilt haunted his short life. (5 words.) …”
“Son, I hear whispers of your writing. They do injustice to my ears. I need your words on these words I hear. Son, I hear little of mastery, I hear… disappointments. Poison words. A page, so dark with crude strokes—no beauty in what it is meant for, what art is…”
“Among the country, Kenya’s 48 plus tribes, was my Kalenjin. Time saw the budding of harmony and we learned to accommodate and appreciate the differences that, in a way, made who we were…”
“Soulmates bumped into each other. Others met on blind dates and others in the last places they’d expect. I met Shadow in the last place I expected…”
Introduction.
“At fourteen, my mind blossomed with ideas—scientific ideas, military ideas, artistic ideas, and romantic ones too…”