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[enchangement]

the music is gone and with it
the small favors and familiars they brought
do you miss it?
do you miss them?
the colors were brighter
the sounds were louder
and some trick of the mind forgot
we were in a cage
or didn't and just
observed the decorations on the bars

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[wipedclean]

too bright. too loud. too happy without any reason for it.

it was a falcon.

[enchangement]

the gods wanted us to be happy
or at least one of them

a hunting bird

a collection of colors and pencils gathered but they all went away with the music

[wipedclean]

it was a distraction. like you said. decorations on a cage.

[enchangement]

yes
affecting permanent change would be better
did you vote for a god?

[wipedclean]

i did. confusion. i don't like bringing confusion here but being able to locate people sounds useful.

[enchangement]

she chose love
a silly suggestion on the surface
but deeper can be important

confusion makes more sense
from standing at the cliff's edge

[wipedclean]

maybe. i don't like the whole premise of it. they say if we help bring them back one of them will know how to get us home. but it's an empty promise.

[enchangement]

something hunted them
something that still exists
it is not as simple as they say

[wipedclean]

and they won't tell us. like keeping us in the dark is good for us. like we're children.

[enchangement]

we are children to them
strangers' children
loud needy and ignorant
like many parents
too consumed with their own lives
they don't think the children deserve to know the complexity
of the truth

[wipedclean]

but they expect us to help anyway.

[enchangement]

it is essential to their survival now

[wipedclean]

which is why they should treat us like adults and tell us things

[enchangement]

they should
they probably won't

[wipedclean]

you're probably right
it's very frustrating