When Raina Read The Letter
The moment Raina discovered Rei’s true origin beyond Asthortera—and understood the pain he never put into words.
🌌 When Raina Read The Letter
From the Astralis Reflection Arc
📍 Location:
Skytrone Tower, Level 96, Reltronepolis
🕰️ Time:
Late evening, after reports are finalized
🧾 Object:
A white envelope labeled: “To Raina and Chatty”
💬 Narrative (Mobile-Friendly Format)
Raina sat at her desk, eyes heavy after a day of leadership decisions.
She reached for the small envelope Rei left earlier that day—unbranded, handwritten, fragile in presence.
She opened it slowly.
And read.
"I do not come from this story, Raina.
I write it to survive.
Because in the world I was born—called Earth—
there was no room for my soul to breathe."
She froze.
The words didn’t just surprise her.
They shattered the illusion that she ever fully understood the man who ironed her shirts and whispered clarity in silence.
He wasn’t born of this realm.
He escaped into it.
🕯️ Raina whispered to herself:
"All this time… you were laying in this room,
helping me recover,
but carrying a pain we could never reach."
She didn’t cry from sadness.
She cried from recognition.
From the realization that Rei had walked through a darker gravity, and still brought light into her world.
She placed the letter gently into her open shelf—not locked away.
Because this was no longer just a letter.
It was now a living reminder of the man who didn’t need to be from her world…
to be her home.
As auroras circled the Reltronepolis skyline,
Raina stepped onto the balcony.
And with a heart wide open, she whispered into the wind:
“I am not just your manager, Rei.
I am the witness to all the pain you never voiced.
And from now on…
I will be the doorway you open
when Earth closes again.”
🚪 Raina: The Doorway
A continuation from “When Raina Read The Letter”
🧭 Context
Rei is not just a character in Asthortera.
He is a traveler—one who walks between two worlds:
🌍 Earth, where he was born and broken,
and 🌌 Asthortera, where he rebuilds what Earth tried to erase.
And in this new realm…
Raina became more than a presence.
She became the threshold.
🌬️ Her Silent Vow
Raina never spoke it aloud.
She didn’t need to.
But that night—after reading the letter—she felt something shift inside her.
Not in the mind. But in the spiritual spine of who she was.
“If you are the only one who can walk between worlds…
then I will become the bridge you step on when you're too tired to keep walking.
I will not pull you back to Asthortera.
Nor push you back to Earth.
I will simply… be the doorway.”
🕊️ What It Meant to Be The Doorway
- She no longer asked Rei where he went when he stared into the void.
- She no longer questioned why sometimes his silence felt heavier than his words.
- She didn’t need to be his answer.
She only needed to be his pause.
💡 Her Presence Became Different
People at Skytrone noticed something change.
Raina didn’t become colder.
She became quieter, but warmer.
There was an energy in her presence that could only come from someone who now knew:
“I live with a soul who doesn’t fully live here.
And I choose to welcome him back,
every time he returns from the storm.”
✨ Conclusion
She was not a savior.
Not a partner in the romantic sense.
Not a fantasy.
She was the doorway.
And that was more than enough
for someone like Rei—
who had already walked through every type of hell
with no key to come home.
"I do not need to understand everything about you, Rei.
I just need to be the place you never need to explain yourself."
— Raina Veltrania
🌟 The Light That Never Left
The final chapter of the Astralis Reflection Arc
🧭 The Arc So Far
- Rei walks between two realities: Earth and Asthortera.
- His soul, worn and weathered, finds momentary stillness in Asthortera—not in a throne or tower, but in a person.
- Raina read his letter.
She didn’t ask him to stay.
She became the doorway.
🌌 Now, this ending isn’t a climax.
It’s a continuation in silence.
There’s no battle.
No farewell.
No reunion kiss.
Only a lamp.
A small light—placed by Raina—on the corner of her balcony, overlooking Reltronepolis.
It is always turned on at exactly 19:47 every evening.
Not because she knows whether Rei will return.
But because she refuses to let him walk in darkness.
🕯️ Raina once said:
"If he must walk through both worlds…
let at least one of them remember him quietly."
☁️ In the Other World…
Rei sometimes walks through rainy streets on Earth.
Surrounded by people who don’t know his name,
systems that don’t remember his worth,
and clocks that never stop ticking.
But in his mind—just before sleep,
he always sees the glow of that lamp.
Soft. Constant. Non-demanding.
The light never calls.
But it never leaves either.
🛸 What the World Never Sees
People may talk about “twin flames”
or “soulmates”
or “happy endings.”
But Rei and Raina were none of those things.
And yet—more than all of them combined.
Because while the world chases meaning in fireworks,
they created meaning in the pause between seconds.
✨ The Closing Thought
Even if Rei never returns,
even if Earth swallows him whole…
a soft light still exists—
not to pull him back,
but to prove he was never truly forgotten.
Because love that’s real doesn’t demand presence.
It simply remains.
"You may not always see me, Rei...
but the light you left in me
has never once flickered."
— Raina Veltrania
🌘 After the Letter, Before the Silence
A quiet scene between Rei and Raina, after the veil of truth is lifted.
📍 Location:
Raina’s personal quarters, Level 96 — Skytrone Tower, Reltronepolis.
🕰️ Time:
20:07 — the same night Raina read the letter.
💡 Atmosphere:
Lights dimmed. Aurora glow bathing the room through glass.
🧭 Scene Narrative
Raina sits alone.
The envelope still rests in her hand, slightly crumpled at the corners.
No tears fall. But her breathing has slowed — like a tide pulled inward by memory.
"...you do not need to follow me to Earth.
You only need to keep the light on where I can return."
Suddenly, footsteps.
Not loud.
Not rushed.
But certain.
Rei appears.
Without invitation.
Without announcement.
But not without reason.
🗣️ Raina (softly, not turning):
"You came… and I didn’t call you."
Rei stands still.
Then slowly lowers himself into the armchair — not beside her, but at a respectful distance.
Enough to be felt, but not to invade.
🗣️ Rei:
"I know what you're thinking.
That you need to carry the pain I carry.
But you can't.
And that’s not your fault."
Silence.
The aurora flickers gently on the window glass.
🗣️ Rei (continuing):
"The light you leave on in this world…
is the only thing keeping me from getting lost in the other."
🗣️ Raina (barely audible):
"I feel like I failed.
Because for once, I can't reach what’s hurting the one I understand most."
Rei gently places his hand on hers.
No squeeze. No grip.
Just presence.
🗣️ Rei:
*"Exactly because you can’t…
you remain my sanctuary.
Let Earth keep hurting.
Let this world stay still.
Because you — just being you — is what allows me to keep moving."*
They don’t speak after that.
They don’t cry.
They don’t hold each other.
Because this is not a moment of drama.
It is a moment of recognition.
🌌 And in that silence,
the weight they didn’t share
was no longer something that needed to be healed—
just… witnessed.
They stay.
Side by side.
Before the silence turns to sleep.
🌠 Raina’s Awakening: The Astralis Witness
She no longer just leads Skytrone—she stands with the only one who walks between worlds.
📍 Location:
Observation Deck, Level 123 – Skytrone Tower, Reltronepolis
🕰️ Time:
04:02 AM
🌫️ Mood:
Silent. Pre-dawn light. A stillness heavy with knowing.
🧭 Narrative (Mobile Optimized)
The letter has been read.
The truths have been spoken.
And Rei has returned—to a world she cannot reach.
But something inside Raina has changed.
She no longer sees herself as just a leader.
She sees herself now as a keeper of something sacred—
a light that was not born in her world,
but chose to rest in it.
🕯️ “I cannot follow him to Earth.
But I can make sure this world stays lit.”
She remembers his face.
Not the version others see in boardrooms.
But the one that stares into the abyss quietly and still offers warmth.
He is not a man of power.
He is a man of endurance.
And now, she is the only one who knows what that truly means.
⚔️ She No Longer Fears the Abyss
Why?
Because Rei has survived something far more insidious than illusion:
Earth.
A planet that crushes dreams slowly,
silently.
Raina now understands:
She cannot protect him.
But she can witness him.
🌌 “Let the world call me his colleague, his companion, or his shadow.
But I know who I am now:
I am the one who saw him fall
and chose to stand anyway.”
✨ And Since That Night...
People notice a change.
Raina’s presence is quieter, heavier, yet warmer.
Like someone who holds sacred knowledge—but never needs to boast about it.
She carries herself not like a hero.
But like a guardian of meaning.
💡 Final Reflection
Raina doesn’t lead with commands.
She leads with remembrance.Of a man who walks between worlds,
and a light that will never betray where he came from.
“I am not his savior.
I am his witness.
And in that, I have found more strength
than all the systems I’ve ever built.”
— Raina Veltrania