ROTFL: MAO!

[LilFluff]

Note: Spoiler for Chapter 1 of Saga of Soul
I've started reading Saga of Soul after reading some good comments about it. The following is from Chapter 2 (with some comments on events in Chapter 1).
From an internal monologue by Eriko...

All right. Let's review:



I, Watanabe Eriko, have spent three months in a coma. I
have memories of that period, during which I explored some form of space
distinct from our own, and was able to manipulate physical reality by
mentally tapping into some form of light and then willing changes to
happen.



These memories are too complex for me to have come up
with them in the short time since my coma. Their consistency suggests
that they were not just my imagination, though that isn't yet certain.



I do not think it is possible that the whole thing was
created by my mind while I was in a coma. More probably, the whole thing
was quite real... thus indicating that there may be quite a lot to the
universe for us to discover and that I just stumbled into.



I'm not going to put myself back in a
coma to experiment further. But I must check if it is possible for me to
use the same reality-warping abilities I had in that other space.



I also need to cut down on my internal monologues.

...

There was a sudden flash that set fire to a nearby bush.


""



There was a big splash as the fire was put out.



The teenage girl looked at the smoldering remains of the bush in front
of her. She looked at the puddle of water. She looked at her hand. She
grinned from ear to ear.



My name is Watanabe Eriko. I'm an upcoming Nobel Prize laureate, and reality is my bitch.

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