The Fall, a story - Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services
...Enlil had never been challenged before. He produced a scepter, mounted on the tip was a glowing black rock from the dark star of Sirius. He pointed it at the seven huddled by the fire and said, “since you all like humans so much, from here on you shall each have to live as one, you will grow old and die just like they do. You will then be born again and repeat the same process, over and over."
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