full moon rising on the waters of my soul
Turns out the gods of this world could be very, very infallible. And that thought terrified and angered him. Still, Amun filed that fact away for later; for now, he just crossed his arms against his chest as The Voice examined him more closely. He regarded her closely as well, and for once his playful and easy manner fell away, replaced by something older, deeper, truer. ”I wasn’t human.” Not even close, at least not for a long time.
”I was a fallen star. A creature of the cosmos that was plucked from the night sky and fell to earth. Well, water. A son of the moon, and devoted to its god.” His voice came out softly, but his eyes contained an intensity he hadn’t felt in quite a while, and a little bit of his true self shone through. And he meant that almost literally, though not as much as he once could have. ”I was immortal, though I could be killed, same as I am now. And while I looked like this during the day at night...well. At night I was beautiful and I shone as bright as the moon.”
As she reached forward, almost gently, he took a small step back. He wasn’t sure he wanted her touch, not until he’d said what he needed to say. ”So no, I don’t remember what it feels like to be human. But yes. I remember everything I lost when I came here. Everything.” And he didn’t think she had anything to offer that could compare to his old life.
”I was a fallen star. A creature of the cosmos that was plucked from the night sky and fell to earth. Well, water. A son of the moon, and devoted to its god.” His voice came out softly, but his eyes contained an intensity he hadn’t felt in quite a while, and a little bit of his true self shone through. And he meant that almost literally, though not as much as he once could have. ”I was immortal, though I could be killed, same as I am now. And while I looked like this during the day at night...well. At night I was beautiful and I shone as bright as the moon.”
As she reached forward, almost gently, he took a small step back. He wasn’t sure he wanted her touch, not until he’d said what he needed to say. ”So no, I don’t remember what it feels like to be human. But yes. I remember everything I lost when I came here. Everything.” And he didn’t think she had anything to offer that could compare to his old life.
amun
