Oct 23, 2018
EXCERPT FROM MY PROJECT THANES; | WIP TAG
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OF CÆDMON’S WRETCHED HYMNS
My parents, the King and Queen, christened me after an illiterate, old cow-herd who was given the ability to sing miraculous hymns one night at the hand of God. I am sure this means they expect great things of me. However, my brother has managed to exceed their expectations already. He is next in line for the throne. I worry, sometimes, that my parents expect me to somehow perform better than he. I am younger and full of zeal, they tell me, but I am beginning to suspect this means only that the darkness clings to me with a significant ease.”