my whole life is mine, but whoever says so will deprive me,
for it is infinite.
Amun shook his head at the stranger's comment. "You say that like someone who doesn't walk on land," the potter pointed out, feeling silly even saying it. Still, his eyes drifted to the bottom half of the other man, which was still in the form of an octopus.
"But you're right. I was a sailor once upon a time. Maybe I will be again someday. For now I am something quite different." He rubbed his right wrist, a nervous habit picked up from when he'd lost that hand.
"Thank you." It came out softly, but with the actual appropriate amount of gratitude this time. Then the Ascended hesitated, looking back out to the waters that gently lapped against his feet. "Have you...you sound familiar with such loss." It came out without his trademark confidence.
Shrugging, he picked up some sand and let it pour through his fingers like the water had earlier. "Then I would be sharing my vigil with a handsome and important man, and I would thank him all the more for spending time with me when he surely has better things to do than listen to a stranger's woes." Chuckling without joy, he brushed his hands free of the sand. "And I suppose I should introduce myself. Amun Arlun." There was no sweeping bow or handshake that normally might accompany his introduction.
"But you're right. I was a sailor once upon a time. Maybe I will be again someday. For now I am something quite different." He rubbed his right wrist, a nervous habit picked up from when he'd lost that hand.
"Thank you." It came out softly, but with the actual appropriate amount of gratitude this time. Then the Ascended hesitated, looking back out to the waters that gently lapped against his feet. "Have you...you sound familiar with such loss." It came out without his trademark confidence.
Shrugging, he picked up some sand and let it pour through his fingers like the water had earlier. "Then I would be sharing my vigil with a handsome and important man, and I would thank him all the more for spending time with me when he surely has better things to do than listen to a stranger's woes." Chuckling without joy, he brushed his hands free of the sand. "And I suppose I should introduce myself. Amun Arlun." There was no sweeping bow or handshake that normally might accompany his introduction.
by being moved I exert my empire,
making the dreams of night real
AMUN
