Born a Monster

Chapter Type: World Development

said another. This one had a definite tinge of anger to its thoughts.

said the elder.

said the first.

Angry One said.

I asked. I didn’t really WANT the answer, but I found myself curious.

the eldest said.

.....

Angry one... clacked. It was like two rocks, smacking together. I had very little doubt about what emotion that was supposed to represent.

asked one of the young ones.

the first one said.

the eldest said.

Angry One agreed.

I thought for a moment about the beings near the earth node, not far at all, in straight distance, from where I currently slept.

the first said.

Angry One said.

I asked.

said one of the young ones.

Angry One asked.

The elder answered that.

There was a shrug from the first.

the elder said.

Angry One said.

<I have already said that I not the love for mankind it sounds like previous shamans had. How much shaking are we talking about? long? strongly shaking?"

I tried to send feelings of soft pulses, then of stronger shaking. I had heard of earthquakes, but not lived through one. What they sent back was horrifying.

I said.

the first one said.

Angry One said.

the eldest said.

These thoughts were neither old nor young, it was ... clean. Emotionless. Calm.

Angry One wasn’t enjoying that idea.

the first said.

I had one.

came a new voice.

Angry One said.

I dreamed up an image of the cliffs nearby, of the human encampments on the edges.

the elder said.

said a sorrowful voice.

the first said.

the eldest said.

Angry One said.

said one of the younger ones.

the first said.

the young one insisted.

the elder asked.

he admitted.

Angry One whirled to address him.

the Clean One said.

the young one said.

the elder assured him.

a new voice, old but not elderly.

it said.

I asked. Then I slapped the bridge of my nose. Of course, that one.

The elder, the eldest, the first... all of them were radiating pride.

the Angry One said.

I agreed.

Those of you with a divine background will already know the difference. Domain is the physical, tangible reality, what we mortal beings live in. The dominion is the metaphysical reality behind that, the other-world, the spirit world, sometimes called the shadow world.