The man watching the sea spoke in a language that carried no sound. The ships are coming.
A world away, the man sitting in front of the fire smiled. Ships are fated to come to your islands, my friend, just as men are fated to come to my lands.
The man standing over the wave-stricken rock shook his head. It's too soon.
We will both pay a price if I do what you ask.
Now it was the man watching the sea who smiled. How could it be otherwise?
As you wish.
The man in the Amazon jungle set a butterfly free, watching its wings flap as it flew. A week later a typhoon destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet as it approached Japan.
.finis.
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4 comments:
Are this greco-roman gods, or have I missed some weird reference like a book or something?
Also, butterflies have probably killed more people than bears. Stephen Colbert should change his Threat-down.
I'm admitting to jealousy. How do you keep on turning out such perfect little gems?
notsally: I believe they're just guys. Really knowledgeable guys, of course, shamans and such, but just guys nonetheless.
And butterflies are total dicks.
PS
The reference is the old saw about butterfly wings and really bad weather. That and the first failed Mongol invasion of Japan.
The immediately above comment was mine.
- anonypost by razorsmile
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