40 – The Bird
''Acute''</strong>
''Curious''</strong>
"We meet, atst,"</strong>it spoke, I think; one of its heads did, at least, while the other was tilting its vulture-like head curiously in my vague direction,<strong>"Greetings."</strong>
"Test yourself,"</strong>the eagle head spoke,<strong>"or be tested."</strong>
"Perhaps,"</strong>the eagle said,<strong>"perhaps they were tested; they failed to change, to adapt to reality. Perhaps it is you who failed to adapt? Did change curse you or did you curse yourself with change? Will you bring change or adapt to stagnation?"</strong>
"The possibilities are infinite,"</strong>the vulture croaked, speaking up for the first time as it retreated a bit, still hunched while the eagle was raised gracefully,<strong>"but infinity can be trimmed, it is still infinite, but it does not include fates that we don''t wish to be."</strong>
"Perhaps,"</strong>the eagle spoke again, earning the side-way re from the vulture,<strong>"perhaps trimming shall be done unto you, or you shall do it unto me; fate is uncertain, clouded, annoying, interesting, curious, distasteful, delightful, deplorable, I will kill you."</strong>
"Interesting, curious, it lives, We failed to kill it,"</strong>
you know what? fuck you.</em>
"Test, each other, we did,"</strong>the eagle wheezed,<strong>"the future remains uncertain, but our next meeting is preordained, prepare yourself, Unseen One, for your existence shall remain clouded no longer."</strong>
"Remember us, We will find you, Unseen One, you may hide from fate but destiny twists around you,<em>We will find you</em>."</strong>
I don''t think even it knew what it was going to do before it did it.</em>
One step at a time, it is gone now, I just need to get back to the others.</em>
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"What,"</strong>its regal, eagle-like head''s beak parted to speak,<strong>"were we doing?"</strong>
"The past escapes me,"</strong>its ragged vulture-like head croaked, displeasure radiating from its re,<strong>"the future is clear, but somehow wrong."</strong>
"Curious, I remember a mission....a mission....what were we supposed to do?"</strong>
too dangerous...perfect...a herald of change...but the Great game...it doesn''t matter...Change will remain...</em>
"Curious...curious...."</strong>
"Destiny is shifting, Fate is being defied, The Game remains but the stakes mount ever higher."</strong>
"Sure...Sure...whatever you say...."</strong>
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