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Step right up and witness, friends, a tragic tale profound!
Where nothing's quite what nothing seems and sense cannot be found!
A mad god built a gateway once—as mad gods always do—
That leads beyond the bounds of real and into nightmares true.The Magpie walked that pathway strange to honor lover's vow,
Through dreams constructed just for her—but tell me, darling, how?
The first deaths hurt with screaming dread and blood upon the floor,
But worse were those that followed next, each stripping something more.Her lover's name dissolved like mist, then face, then reasons why,
She crossed that gate again, again—too hollow now to cry.Enter the godling, ghostly thing, who thought she'd play the savior,
"Take my hand and I'll restore your love, your life, your favor!"
But ghosts can't see they're merely smoke, reflections without source,
A counterfeit of someone real—oh, tragic comic force!That god now watches, wracked with guilt, and plots to set things right,
She'll shatter cosmic contracts old, ignite forbidden light,
For love makes fools of mortal hearts and deities' inventions,
And the road to hell is paved with good intentions.Series
- Part 1 of Tales from the Pale