“41 years… of what? I'm much younger than that”-Mikah didn't understand anything of what was happening, but deep down, he was beginning to understand.

"Am I dead?"- he asked.

“Duh!”- Deom said as he rolled his eyes –it happens to everyone…and not, at the same time.

MIkah looked at him strangely as he covered his private parts with his hands. Deom looked at him, pointed a finger at Mikah and in a second he saw himself dressed in a white suit like the one Deom was wearing. Then Deom pointed at his feet and the red sneakers that mikah loved appeared.

-It's this heaven?-

Deom shook his head.

-This is not your heaven, nor your hell… To tell the truth, not everyone has a heaven or a hell. It depends on each one, and to which heaven or hell people go, it depends on the experiences that each one has.

-From the experiences? - Mika didn't know what to think.

Deom looked at him for a second in the eyes, pondered and then spoke while he walked slowly through the place looking into infinity.

-Each being has to be born and become aware of himself and his place in the world according to his experiences. When someone is born in a place on earth where most people have a specific religion, or is raised by people who profess a religion, then the chances are great that they will believe in it. Thus, people who are born in Tibet tend to be Buddhists, those who are born in Muslim countries, Muslims and so on... Heaven and hell are personal like the religions that we choose conscientiously.

Mikah still didn't understand. He looked down at himself in the white suit and red sneakers.

-It all... seems so real-

-"It is"- replied Deom.

-But… if this is not my heaven. then where I am?-

-I created this little space for you. I created your body as I created your clothes and your shoes- he said pointing to Mikah's feet -but I had to wait for your consciousness to be strong enough to return to your body... and yes you made me wait. Forty-one years, one hundred and eighty-nine days and seven hours… more or less.

-You created me?… and wait, how many years?- Mikah felt that he was starting to get dizzy.

-"Friend,"- Deom made a serious face -"it has been more than forty years since the day you died, or something like that in Earth time."

Mikah gagged and wanted to throw up, but only a little saliva came out.

-You have an empty stomach, nothing is going to come out. The next time you eat, it will be the first time that that body eats… I hope you like it… It's not easy to make a custom body, you know… Hey! Hey!!

Mikah lost consciousness.