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capeandcowl2011-12-11 05:53 pm
goryteller) wrote in capeandcowl2011-12-11 05:53 pm
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twenty-two. voice.
[There's the soft sound of a heater in the background, a pleasant, continuous hum. Katurian's voice is clear but decidedly subdued, a contrast to his typically frantic nature.]
Aristotle once said that most of humankind is swayed by fear rather than reverence, that they refrain from evil not because it's the right thing to do but because they're afraid of punishment. It gets me thinking about religion more than anything.
[Pause. The faint sound of nails tracing wood. Tapping.]
After all, religion builds monsters to keep people in line. Fantastical beings. Or-- not so fantastical. But of course, I never needed them. I never payed attention to all the monsters that people cowered over in groups behind pews. The monsters described on clear blue pamphlets.
I'm a writer. I make my own monsters.
[Pause. Then, softer:]
There are, of course, quite a few people who don't refrain in the first place. I suppose that's what Aristotle meant. Most humankind.
[More tapping. Drumming.]
I suppose-- [Pause.] Well. I suppose that's it for today.
[Click.]
Aristotle once said that most of humankind is swayed by fear rather than reverence, that they refrain from evil not because it's the right thing to do but because they're afraid of punishment. It gets me thinking about religion more than anything.
[Pause. The faint sound of nails tracing wood. Tapping.]
After all, religion builds monsters to keep people in line. Fantastical beings. Or-- not so fantastical. But of course, I never needed them. I never payed attention to all the monsters that people cowered over in groups behind pews. The monsters described on clear blue pamphlets.
I'm a writer. I make my own monsters.
[Pause. Then, softer:]
There are, of course, quite a few people who don't refrain in the first place. I suppose that's what Aristotle meant. Most humankind.
[More tapping. Drumming.]
I suppose-- [Pause.] Well. I suppose that's it for today.
[Click.]
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"And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade."
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It would be arrogance for me to say that he is ill in his thoughts.
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He called it Lord and Lady. No one calls it that but -- [Beat.] No one calls it that without personal investment. I've been in this debacle with him for months, and he's never called it that. And now he's acting lobotomized. [Beat.] So, you did something to instigate something, what was it?
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[His tone pitches low, scared. Knowing. Because Katurian had threatened his life once, and Desire responded. Desire never forgave.]
It's not your unforgiving nature I fear.
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Who's the pitiful one, Michael?
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You and it. Worthless.
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Arrogance built upon falsehoods and lies.
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And, [ he says this carefully. ] I am still more powerful than you are by far.
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And for the record, I didn't pull on anything you didn't already embody.
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And your connection will not end well, I promise this.
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I'm going to save them all. I'm going to save them all, and they'll thank me and I'll have won. I know the risks, the costs, the sacrifices. I know how humanity is valued.
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The only things that will win would be it and Lucifer himself.
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