07-01-2014, 02:56 PM
The Sigma's answer didn't really interest Michael, but he listened and nodded at the end.
The question he received was one he had heard almost a hundred times since his return from Mecca. It was a question he had asked himself many times, but in a far different manner. What idiocy had come over him when he took up the Custody's offer?
Because I was born for it.
That he knew, but still wondered how he had been caught in the tangled web so quickly. What could he say to others? The answer was far less enlightening than one would think.
How? On broken bones and smouldering ash.
The thought was hot and fierce underneath the shell of calm but it rung true despite his forced scholarships and study.
But it was not a question he had the time or inclination to answer in any depth. He gave the same answer - one of private amusement and irony that did not show in his voice - he did to the rest of the questioners. "The Ascendancy wished it so."
The question he received was one he had heard almost a hundred times since his return from Mecca. It was a question he had asked himself many times, but in a far different manner. What idiocy had come over him when he took up the Custody's offer?
Because I was born for it.
That he knew, but still wondered how he had been caught in the tangled web so quickly. What could he say to others? The answer was far less enlightening than one would think.
How? On broken bones and smouldering ash.
The thought was hot and fierce underneath the shell of calm but it rung true despite his forced scholarships and study.
But it was not a question he had the time or inclination to answer in any depth. He gave the same answer - one of private amusement and irony that did not show in his voice - he did to the rest of the questioners. "The Ascendancy wished it so."
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."