Warogi: mama why is the sky cracking
Mama: that is not crack little star that is door
Warogi: door for who
Mama: for you
[ the sky opens like big mouth and drops a silver egg that lands in warogi's tiny hands ]
Warogi: egg is cold like fish
Mama: keep it close keep it warm the egg is also your ticket
Warogi: ticket to where
Mama: to the place where you will grow bigger than big
[ night comes the egg glows green warogi hugs it inside his blanket ]
Warogi: hello egg i am warogi i have six summers i can run fast but not faster than fear
Egg: thump thump
Warogi: you talk with heart okay i talk back
[ the egg cracks a little light leaks out and draws a smile on warogi's face ]
Warogi: if you hatch will you be my friend
Egg: thump thump louder
Warogi: promise you wont leave like papa did
Egg: flash of blue means promise
[ warogi sleeps while the egg keeps thumping ]
NEXT MORNING
Big elder: kid bring the egg to the stone hill we must ask the old wind what it wants
Warogi: i want to keep it it likes me
Big elder: the egg chose you but the law says we test it
Warogi: what is test
Big elder: a game that can bite
[ every villager walks behind warogi like a long scarf ]
Stone hill is tall and talks with echo
Stone hill: place the egg on my head
Warogi: will it hurt
Stone hill: only if you fail
[ warogi climbs the hill his knees shake the egg glows brighter each step ]
Stone hill: now say your true name
Warogi: my name is warogi
Stone hill: that is skin name give me the bone name
Warogi: i do not know another name
Stone hill: then i will squeeze the egg until it breaks
[ the hill grows hands of rock ]
Warogi: stop stop i will find the bone name
[ inside his head a small door opens a voice says ]
Voice: your bone name is the word that ends all wars
Warogi: i do not know that word
Voice: then make it up
Warogi: my bone name is guchi and guchi means no more fight
Stone hill: the hill is pleased step down
[ the egg hatches a tiny star with legs jumps out and lands on warogi's shoulder ]
Star pet: peep peep
Warogi: i will call you blink because you blink like light switch
Blink: peep peep means yes
Big elder: the star is your mana engine it eats your fear and grows
Warogi: i have lots of fear let us share
[ the villagers cheer but the sky door opens again and drops a black letter ]
Letter: dear warogi you are invited to the pain school if you say no we will eat your planet
Warogi: what is pain school
Big elder: place where kids learn to hurt so they can guard the stars
Warogi: i do not want to hurt
Letter: then planet go gulp
[ warogi looks at mama ]
Warogi: i will go so everyone can keep singing
Mama: remember the word guchi
Warogi: i will tape it inside my heart
[ blink jumps into warogi's pocket they walk toward the sky door ]
Sky door: last chance to be small
Warogi: i choose grow
[ step step the village vanishes warogi enters a tunnel of mirrors every mirror shows a stronger warogi ]
Mirror one: i am warogi who can lift a house
Mirror two: i am warogi who can eat a sun
Mirror three: i am warogi who can forget crying
Warogi: i do not want to forget crying
Mirror three: too bad you must throw away soft to gain hard
[ warogi covers his eyes and runs until he falls into a white room ]
White room teacher: welcome i am master slice i will cut your weakness
Warogi: please cut gently
Master slice: gentle is for grass not for warriors
[ master slice pulls a sword made of sound ]
Master slice: first lesson stand still while fear bites
[ the sword screams loud warogi's ears bleed blink hides deeper in pocket ]
Warogi: guchi guchi no more fight
Master slice: cute word but sound sword does not listen
[ the sword slashes warogi's left arm pain is hot like soup ]
Warogi: it hurts
Master slice: pain is teacher ask it what it wants
Warogi: pain what do you want
Pain: i want you to remember me
Warogi: i will remember but i will not obey
[ the wound glows green and closes fast ]
Master slice: impossible healing without spell
Warogi: blink ate the pain and spat out health
[ master slice smiles for first time ]
Master slice: maybe you can pass the three hells
HELL ONE THE FOREST OF COPY
Master slice: enter this forest every tree is a copy of you with one extra power you must beat yourself one thousand times
[ warogi walks in the forest meets tree warogi with fire eyes ]
Tree warogi: i can burn thoughts
Warogi: i can burn fear let us trade
[ they clash warogi wins by hugging the tree until fire becomes warm soup ]
Tree warogi: you win by love that is cheat
Warogi: love is not cheat love is rule
[ after one thousand fights warogi has one thousand new powers but he feels heavy ]
Warogi: blink i do not want to be suitcase of tricks i want to be me
Blink: peep peep drop the weight
[ warogi lets go of all copied powers they turn into butterflies and make the forest rainbow ]
HELL TWO THE LAKE OF REGRET
Master slice: now face every regret you ever had
[ lake shows mama crying because warogi left ]
Lake mama: you broke my heart
Warogi: i am sorry i will fix
[ warogi jumps into the lake he swims down until he finds a broken heart shaped like home he hugs it the heart beats again ]
Lake mama: thank you child go ahead
HELL THREE THE TOWER OF TOMORROW
Master slice: last test climb the tower that shows your future at the top you must defeat the final boss who is you with no kindness
[ warogi climbs days and nights each step ages him one day he becomes teen he becomes adult he becomes old but blink stays tiny ]
Warogi: blink why you no grow
Blink: i grow by staying small the smaller i am the bigger my inside
[ at the top stands dark warogi with black armor and cold eyes ]
Dark warogi: i killed every star to become strongest
Warogi: i will not fight you i will invite you for soup
Dark warogi: soup is for weak
Warogi: then let us be weak together
[ warogi hugs his dark self the armor cracks light leaks the dark melts into a kid like the first day ]
Dark warogi: thank you for stopping me
Warogi: we are same we stop together
[ the tower crumbles warogi returns to age six master slice bows ]
Master slice: you passed without killing you are first
Warogi: can i go home now
Master slice: one last thing the sky door is broken someone must replace it with their heart
[ warogi understands he must become the new door ]
Warogi: if i become door i can protect every world
Blink: peep peep means we accept
[ warogi stands in space he grows huge his arms become door frames his eyes become knobs his heart becomes hallway ]
Warogi: from now on anyone who is lost can walk through me and find home
[ planets line up to thank him the first planet is his home ]
Mama: warogi you are bigger than sky but still my little star
Warogi: mama i made the word guchi real
Mama: come visit when door is not busy
Warogi: i will open a small cat door just for you
[ blink jumps out and becomes a moon that circles warogi forever ]
Years pass stories pass every kid who looks at night sky sees the door shaped constellation and hears a soft voice ]
Voice: if you are afraid walk through me my name is warogi and i used to be small like you