Seven Souls of Sereket

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Chapter 3. Memories

Dying is a scary business, and for a long time you still feel very cold inside, so cold that it gives you shivers – and then it’s hot and in the middle of night you get up and press your forehead at the window. You feel yourself trembling, you feel yourself scared with no apparent reason, you... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

And so I went.

I would have preferred to take a sailboat, but instead I took a glider. I was too anxious to enjoy the long journey over the sea, even if it could be the last time I went there. Somehow, I still hoped Athena was wrong. Not because I thought Anthor would calculate the risks and choose to switch sides... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 7, 2008

The Book of Sereket: The Sixth Soul

The Sixth Soul is also called the Trail. And if you have heard sometime that everything has a soul – humans, animals, even plants and rocks – this is the soul. Everything leaves a Trail of their existence like an ongoing ripple in the future – and it doesn’t come just from the physical world. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

„You don’t have to go there,” Athena said.

„I know.” „Now, that you have informed me about everything – and Anthor knows what you’ve done – you cannot possibly think it is safe for you to return,” she repeated. “I still think there must be a solution that favors all sides,” I said, hoping that this diplomatic gibberish would satisfy her.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Treason is often unsettling,

but this one was especially bad. The Falcons had the usual set of moves in store – demagogy and other political means for me and Anthor, some half-witted rumors to pass around the gods and even the humans, a bit of espionage and some very shrewd assassination plans. I was used to this kind of... Sign in to see full entry.

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