Toward Infinite Resignation

Tom remembered the avatar with the tugboat name from last week, but he looked different. Sounded different too.

Last week he could barely speak through his sadness over the loss of his pet. He managed to say he was with him until the very end. He was holding him in his hands when he died.

I could feel something, there is a spirit and it left, he said.

Tom asked him to tell a story and the tugboat guy tried but he couldn’t finish a sentence.

Now, back again at the Saying Goodbye gathering in AltspaceVR, he was still sad but composed.

He said, I want everyone here to know that the worst thing ever can happen. You can lose the one living being that you depend on the most, and you think you’re through, that’s it for you, but it’s not. Or it doesn’t have to be.

Right now I’m saying I can never love like that again, he said. and put myself through this. I just can’t see it. But you never know I guess.

Tom said how glad he was to see him back and how much stronger he sounded. I also love the new look, he said

Yeah, thanks, said Tugboat, I knew I needed a makeover so this was it.

There were about twenty other avatars there. Some shared emojis at the pet loss. Some had already talked about something…