[Episode 105320] [Episode 105320]I can smell it. Deep betrayal. Betrayal so deep and unexpected that the mind reels. Such deep, delicious betrayal.
I would lick my lips in anticipation, if I had any. Even from here I can feel it. Pain such as this I could feel ANYWHERE. I have been present for much suffering in my existence, but something such as this… It has been a long time. A very long time indeed.
It’s closer now. My mouth would be watering, if it existed. Ah, the delicious, sensual, throbbing taste of betrayal. I can sense the other emotions now, the other seasonings… Confusion. Pain. Anger. Despair. But it’s the flavoring of Betrayal that I will savor. It is not often you see it’s like. No, such a perfect, well developed pain comes only with the worst of betrayals, followed by the final and, under the circumstances, perhaps kindest betrayal of all, the betrayal of one’s own body as it slowly fails. Ah, such a treat for my palate!
Of those who know of me, many believe me to be evil. Some sort of monster. Oh, how little they understand. Not that I care about such labels. Good and evil exist only in the hearts and minds of the living. It is true that I feed off the pain and suffering of others. But do I cause their pain? Of course not. At most I have merely been an instrument in such things. No, humans cause themselves and each other far more agony than any so called monster could dream of. Surely you understand that. After all, it was not a monster that caused your suffering, but those you thought of as good and just. Those you believed to be your friends and family.
Ah, such a banquet you have laid out for me here! You may not have been completely pure of heart in your life, but who truly is? Still, I can tell that inside you there was love and kindness and trust. The things your kind would call “goodness.” It gives your suffering such a wonderful tang, the sort you don’t find every day!
Ah, but I have gorged enough on the fine cuisine you have so graciously provided me. And I can sense your time growing short. Come now. Join with me. I can not save you. You are far past saving. You knew that when you cried out. You were crying out for me.
You didn’t realize? Well, I assure you, you were. You worry about morality? About right and wrong? About honor? I would have thought you had passed beyond such minor concerns by now. Are those not the words that brought you to this place? Come now. Join with me. You have certainly paid for my aid with the banquet you provided! More than paid. It would be a shame if I failed to repay the debt I surely owe you for such a filling and flavorful meal. And it would be a tragedy for one of your spirit and potential to simply fade away.
Time grows short now. Yes, that’s right. Join with me. I can not stave off your True Death forever, merely postpone it. But in the meantime, I will help you. I will give you Power. Power to wield as you desire. And, if you wish, together we will drink deeply of the sorrow of those who did this to you.
You lack my subtle palate of course, but of the many I have visited, I think you will be one of those best suited to savor its sweet flavor. Yes indeed.
Come now….
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