EPISODE 7: THE OTHER SIDE ## PART ONE: THE QUESTION ### CHAPTER 1: CURIOSITY The soul's question was simple: "Where do the doors actually lead?" Marcus had been guiding new arrivals for what felt like centuries alongside Sarah. He'd answered thousands of questions—about the Corridor, about guilt, about the choices that waited at the end. But this question stopped him. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Door Zero, Door One, Door Infinity—you describe them in abstract terms. Dissolution, rebirth, service. But where do they actually go? What happens the moment someone steps through?" Marcus realized he didn't know. He'd walked through Door Infinity when he chose service, but his memory of the transition was hazy—a warmth, a change, and then he was a Watcher. He'd never thought to ask what the experience was like for others. "I'll find out," he told the soul. "I'll ask the Keeper." --- ### CHAPTER 2: THE KEEPER'S HESITATION The Keeper's reaction surprised Marcus. "You want to know what lies beyond the doors?" The ancient face showed something rare: uncertainty. "That knowledge is... complicated." "How can it be complicated? Millions of souls have walked through those doors. Surely someone knows what they experienced." "That's precisely the problem. The experience is different for every soul. And most of them don't report back." "Most? So some...