On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Alan Harnum wrote:
In me is the memoriam of Dasim. Whatever may have been
preserved, far more has undoubtedly been lost. I hold the songs
and poems and stories of Dasim, the images of their painting and
sculpture and architecture, the secrets of their technology...
not of the creation of hierodules such as I, though, for my
mothers and fathers did not see it fit to put such knowledge into
the hands of what they made.
Thankfully.
[much snippage]
bind me to my brother; the lightning falls from above in a
single, annihilating bolt. It will do for my brother; the
self-destruct mechanism--ironic that it, designed as a last
resort if I became uncontrollable, should be chosen freely for
use by me--will do for me.
My lo--
Very interesting approach to this scene; I thought it worked quite
well once I actually figured out what was going on.
"Geez, kid." Fujisawa-sensei moistened his lips with a
hesitant tongue. "You know, if you could've done that right from
the start, things woulda been a whole lot easier."
Quite :)
This continues to be a quite enjoyable tale.
John Biles
Emperor of all He Surveys
http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
"How embarrassing must that be for the Kree when they try to explain their
government: "Yes, we worship a giant green head in a tank."
--Reed Richards in a FF parody on psycomic.com