Oct 3, 2020
𝐰𝐭𝐰 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥
"You are here again," said the phoenix, perched on the branch above you. A flame sparks as it fluffed its feathers.
"You know me?"
The phoenix crowed--or at least you thought it did. The sound failed to register in your ears, swallowed by the stillness of the forest. "Always with the same question. Can you say something different?"
"How do you speak without opening your mouth?"
It looked at you. Beheld your very core with its thousand eyes, blue as the hottest flame.
"Ailing old fool. No one is destined to live this long."