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You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | ||
- | One day in the past, you know, these grains of sand were a mountain. That mountain, cracked by wind and rain, fractured by ice and scorching sun, disgorged a portion of itself: a boulder. That boulder, over time, shattered into smaller rocks; those rocks, pebbles; those pebbles, sand. | + | One day in the past, you know, these grains of sand were a mountain. That mountain, cracked by wind and rain, fractured by ice and scorching sun, disgorged a portion of itself: a boulder. That boulder, over time, crumbled into smaller rocks; those rocks, pebbles; those pebbles, sand. |
And that, you know, is how the world goes. But you are not content. You understand this power; you realise what it //means//. The power to decide what is broken. The power to decide which mountains turn to sand. | And that, you know, is how the world goes. But you are not content. You understand this power; you realise what it //means//. The power to decide what is broken. The power to decide which mountains turn to sand. |