ˢᶦˡˡʸ ˡᵒᵛᵉʳ, ᵃʷᵉˢᵗʳᵘᶜᵏ ˡᵒᵛᵉʳ, / ᵃᵗᵗᵉⁿᵈᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵍᵒˢᵖᵉˡ, fawnskin ᵗʳᵉᵐᵇˡᶦⁿᵍ ʷᶦᵗʰᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵉⁿ ᵒᶠ ʳᵒˢᵉˢ. ˡᵃᵖ ᵃᵗ ʰᶦˢ ᶜʳᵉᵉᵏ ᵒᶠ ⁿᵉᵖᵉⁿᵗʰᵉ, ᵈᵒᵍ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃᵍᵍᶦⁿᵍ ᵗᵒⁿᵍᵘᵉ, ʸᵉˢ, / ᵇᵉˢᶦᵉᵍᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᶜᵃⁿᶜᵉʳ, ﹠ ᶜᵘˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵃʳᵃᵈᵉ ᵒᶠ ghosts ʷᶦᵗʰᶦⁿ————ʳᵒˢᵉʷᵃᵗᵉʳ ᶠˡᵘˢʰ, ᶜᵒˡᵒʳ ᵐᵉ prismatic, ᵈᵉᵃᵗʰ ᵒᶠ druxy. ˢᵃʸ: ᵃˡˡᵉˡᵘᶦᵃ, ʰʸᵐⁿʸ, blękitne ᵖʳᵒᵍᵉⁿʸ / ᵖᵒˢᵗᵐᵒʳᵗᵉᵐ ˢᵘⁿᵇᵉᵃᵐ ᵗᵒ ᵇˡᵉᵃᶜʰ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵘˢᵗ ᵒᶠᶠ eburnean ᵇᵒⁿᵉˢ, ﹠ ᵗʰᵉⁿ / ˢᵘᶠᶠᵒᶜᵃᵗᵉ: ᶜᵃᵇᵃˡ ᵒᶠ dandelion ᵃᵐᵒⁿᵍ ᶜʰᵘʳᶜʰʸᵃʳᵈ ᵗʰʳᵒᵃᵗ, ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ᵖᵉʷˢ ᵃʳᵉ ˢˡᶦᶜᵏ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵒˡᵈ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈ. / ᵖᵉʳʰᵃᵖˢ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᶦˢ ʷʰᵃᵗ ʸᵒᵘ’ᵛᵉ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ʷᵃᶦᵗᶦⁿᵍ ᶠᵒʳ————ˢʰᶦᵖʷʳᵉᶜᵏ, ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵘˡˡ ᵒᶠ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵒᵈʸ / creaking, ʳᶦᵇˢ ᵃ ʰᵃᵘⁿᵗᵉᵈ gaol. ˢᵒ ʷʰᵃᵗ. ˡᵉᵗ ʰᶦᵐ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵃ ᵐᵉˢˢ ᵒᶠ ʸᵒᵘ, / ᵃ ʷᵃˡᵗᶻ ʷᶦᵗʰᶦⁿ palsied ᵃʳᵐᵒʳᶦᵉˢ, / ᵘᵖᵉⁿᵈᶦⁿᵍ ᵍᵘⁿˢ ﹠ ˢʷᵒʳᵈˢ. ˢᵒ ʷʰᵃᵗ. lovebite ᵃᵐᵒⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵗᵃᵖᵉˢᵗʳʸ ᵒᶠ ᵛᵘˡⁿᵉʳᵒˢᶦᵗᶦᵉˢ, ˢᵉʷⁿ ˢʰᵘᵗ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵐᶦˡᵉ ᶜᵃᵍᵉᵈ ᵇᵉᵗʷᵉᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᶦⁿᵏ ˢʰᵒʳᵉˡᶦⁿᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˡᶦᵖˢ. / ᵗʰᵉ ᶜʳᵘᵉˡ, ˢᵐᶦˡᶦⁿᵍ ˢˡᵃʸᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵍᵒᵈˢ, ᶜʳᵒʷⁿᵉᵈ ᶦⁿ reliquiae, / ˢᵘⁿᵏᵉⁿ ᶜʳᵃʷˡˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ ᵗᵉᵉᵐᶦⁿᵍ ᵖʳᶦᵐʳᵒˢᵉ.
“. . . ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᶦ ᵃˢᵏᵉᵈ ʸᵒᵘ, ᶦˢⁿ’ᵗ ᶦᵗˀ [. . .] don't make me change my mind.”
( 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝚆𝙰𝙽𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄 . *? ) They want you , troublesome thing you . THEY WANT YOU in spite of your foolishness , diamond dog . SNIVELING dog with your graveyard of teeth . RUINER : SOOTHSAYER YOU with the blackened hands . The snakes start to sing :
* you want me ? DEVILISH ME ? I ruined this world and you still want me ? But what about the dead ?
TAKE IT AS IT COMES , foolish boy . TAKE their hand and NOURISH this invigorated flowerbed of dreams . HARK : THE NEW DAWN ! Take their hand and make it yours . Claim the earth , gift them the sea ! Sing them your broken songs and thread your LOVELORN NEEDLE . ( i , your lovely lyre , leon kennedy . ) Play me , glorious soliloquy , revive me and give me home . Bring me back from this unruly stratosphere and Call ME YOURS FOREVER . “ … Okay ,” trembling melody . The relinquished vulnerability that comes with him closing the door and locking it . Him still inside , them expectant .
Each step is a step towards renewed life . A life he begged god — he who remained silent — for . Closer comes the hungry mouth with tremulous hands . He won’t know what to do with himself . SEATS himself down next to them to feel their warmth . Then : xey take their hand . “ What made you change your mind ? ”