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Becoming, Part XV

Becoming, Part I Becoming, Part XIV

Sometimes I still reflect back on that first meeting with Jorun, and I wonder whether it had more of an impact upon me that I first realized. He was the first human I had met who, upon seeing me for what I was, reacted not with fear, but with confidence  bordering on disdain. He was the first human I had met who had such an obvious impact upon the world as a…

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Becoming, Part XIV

Becoming, Part XIII

I once thought that I was invincible. I think you can see how I arrived at that conclusion. After all, nothing in the span of my years had ever presented a true threat to me: not my siblings, not animals I encountered in the woods, and not humans, who I had once thought were the most dangerous creatures on the planet. After me, that is.

There were things in my life which had…

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Becoming, Part XIII

Becoming, Part I Becoming, Part XII

Rystala did not easily accept her fate. She screamed and cried for help, even as, from beneath her bed, she withdrew a sword. It took me by surprise, though of course I was not concerned. I would not have expected her to possess as word, let alone wield one.

With terror clear upon her face and in her scent, she came at me with that sword, slashing it into my…

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Becoming, Part XII

First Entry: Becoming, Part I Latest Entry: Becoming, Part XI

The humans removed me from the village. Perhaps this should not have surprised me, but it did, at the time. Rystala stormed off after my proclamation, but I simply sat and waited for her, expecting that, as this was her home, she would be forced to return eventually.

She did return, with several strong-looking men at her back,…

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Becoming, Part XI

Becoming, Part X

I did not follow Rystala’s instructions to the letter. After she left, I finished the tea, pouring a new cup for myself from the kettle while I considered my next move. It seems that I was passable enough as a human, now, that she had not questioned leaving me alone in her home.

I decided that I wanted to know more about her home. I had never had the opportunity to see how human…

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Becoming, Part X

Becoming, Part IX

I followed Rystala inside the dwelling. I had never been inside a human home before. It was a new and interesting experience. I had no way of knowing whether or not Rystala kept a typical home. I knew, from the view of the dwelling I had taken in while we approached, that it was larger, overall, than the first space into which she invited me. There was a wall at the opposite end…

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Becoming, Part VIII

Becoming, Part VII

Finding humans was the first part of the new challenge I had set for myself. In my old territory, I’d had an idea of where I could find human settlements. I had never visited them, preferring to hunt isolated groups of humans instead, but I’d kept a mental note of their locations so that I didn’t stumble across them accidentally.

Exploring without a map and with only a vague…

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Becoming, Part VI

Becoming, Part V

Though I would never have admitted at the time — indeed, I may have lacked the capacity to even realize it — that encounter shook me. I was not bothered by the death, of course, having become quite accustomed to the spectacle over the years. No, what shook me was the fact that I had finally lost.

For decades, and more, I slid across my territory, consuming whatever I wished with…

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