POI - Drau's birthI was surrounded by redness, though I wasn't in a room. The walls undulated, gave off warmth. I had no body, no name. Yet I knew who I was. Someone spoke to me encouragingly, in a familiar voice, telling me that it was my turn now. I must go forth to do my duty. But I held back. It was so comfortable in this place. So safe and undemanding. Also, I was worried by the enormousness of my task.Can I really change history? I asked. What about the sins I'll incur, being the cause of so much devastation?The voice was as gentle as a brook wending through pebbles.Try to remember that you are the instrument and I the doer. If you can hold on to this, no sin can touch youInstrument, I repeated. Doer. It sounded simple enough, though I suspected that it would become more complicated once the game began. I asked, What if I forget?He said, You probably will. Most of them do. That's the beguil-ing trick the world plays on you. You'll suffer for it"or dream that you're suffering. But no matter. At the time of your death I'll remind you. That'll be enough.A force pushed me forward, loving yet implacable. I felt myself gliding through the redness, taking on form as I went. I had arms and legs now, jewels around my neck. I was wrapped in gold cloth.It was getting hotter. I had to hurry. Smoke from the fire made me cough and stumble. Under my feet, the stone was slippery from the ghee the priests had poured into the flames for a hundred days, the 358|air acrid with an odor I hadn't smelled before. The name for it came to me as I stepped out, dizzying me: vengeance. My brother gripped my hand so I wouldn't fall.Everything's turning to snow-dust, even my brain. But with the last of my strength I formulate a thought: That was the yagna fire out of which I came into this world! Were you there with me even then, before I took on this birth?I feel him smile. He's glad I made the connection in time
POI - Drau's birthI was surrounded by redness, though I wasn't in a room. The walls undulated, gave off warmth. I had no body, no name. Yet I knew who I was. Someone spoke to me encouragingly, in a familiar voice, telling me that it was my turn now. I must go forth to do my duty. But I held back. It was so comfortable in this place. So safe and undemanding. Also, I was worried by the enormousness of my task.Can I really change history? I asked. What about the sins I'll incur, being the cause of so much devastation?The voice was as gentle as a brook wending through pebbles.Try to remember that you are the instrument and I the doer. If you can hold on to this, no sin can touch youInstrument, I repeated. Doer. It sounded simple enough, though I suspected that it would become more complicated once the game began. I asked, What if I forget?He said, You probably will. Most of them do. That's the beguil-ing trick the world plays on you. You'll suffer for it"or dream that you're suffering. But no matter. At the time of your death I'll remind you. That'll be enough.A force pushed me forward, loving yet implacable. I felt myself gliding through the redness, taking on form as I went. I had arms and legs now, jewels around my neck. I was wrapped in gold cloth.It was getting hotter. I had to hurry. Smoke from the fire made me cough and stumble. Under my feet, the stone was slippery from the ghee the priests had poured into the flames for a hundred days, the 358|air acrid with an odor I hadn't smelled before. The name for it came to me as I stepped out, dizzying me: vengeance. My brother gripped my hand so I wouldn't fall.Everything's turning to snow-dust, even my brain. But with the last of my strength I formulate a thought: That was the yagna fire out of which I came into this world! Were you there with me even then, before I took on this birth?I feel him smile. He's glad I made the connection in time
Is the first chapter of Palace of Illusions?
POI - Drau's birthI must go forth to do my duty.Try to remember that you are the instrument and I the doer. If you can hold on to this, no sin can touch you
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