alnahn’enta’shoreshik
Sermon Nineteen
ivec put on his armor and stepped into a non-spatial space filling to capacity with mortal interaction and information,
²a canvas-less cartography of every single mind it has ever known, an event that had developed some semblance of a divine spark.
³He said, ‘From here I shall launch my attack on the eight monsters.’
⁴Vivec then saw the moths that would come from the starry heart, bringing with them dust more horrible than the ash of Red Mountain. ⁵He saw the twin head of a ruling king who had no equivalent. ⁶And eight imperfections rubbed into precious stones, set into a crown that looked like shackles, which he understood to be the twin crowns of the two-headed king. ⁷And a river that fed into the mouth of the two-headed king, because he contained multitudes.
⁸Vivec then built the Provisional House at the Center of the Secret Door. From here he could watch the age to come. ⁹Of the House is written:
Cornerstone one has a finger
Buried under, pointing through
Dirt, slow low in the ground
North cannot be guessed,
And yet it is spirit-free
¹⁰Cornerstone two has a tongue,
And even dust can be talkative,
Listen and you will see the love
The ancient libraries need
¹¹Cornerstone three has a bit of string,
Shaped like your favorite color,
A girl remembers who left it there
But she is afraid to dig it out,
And see what it is attached to
¹²Cornerstone four has nine bones,
Removed carefully from a black cat,
Arranged in the fashion of this word,
Protecting us from our enemies
¹³Your house is safe now
So why is it--
Your house is safe now
So why is it--
¹⁴The ending of the words is ASV.