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 Embracing-The-New
by Benjamin Rosenbaum


He kept seeing the false Embracing-The-New, as he had
left it, with its Ghennungs broken off. Had he killed a god?
But it was a false god, a monstrosity!
The doctors teased a Ghennung from his flesh. He watched
as it burned in the brazier, twitching. A strange, hissing
scream came from it. Fear filled his guts like a balloon
expanding. They took another Ghennung, the one that had
been his grandfather's. What had his grandmother looked
like? He could only remember her old. How sad, how sad. She
had surely been beautiful young. Hadn't he often said so?
They took another. He needed a god, a god to center him.
But he could not think of Delighting-In-Beauty. He had
betrayed her. He thought of Embracing-The-New, the real
Embracing-The-New, the figure bereft, reaching for hope.
Yes, he thought. They took another Ghennung. It blackened
and twisted in the fire. Vru, he thought. My name is Vru. They
reached for the last Ghennung. Embracing-The-New, he
thought, the body of green stone. Remember.
The beast stood in the courtyard. The wind was cool, the
forest smelled like spring. There would be hunting there.
Others were holding him. They smelled like his clan, so he did
not attack. They let him go.
He looked around. There was one horrible old one who
stank, who looked angry, or sad. The others brandished
claws, shouted. He hissed back and brandished his claws. But
there were too many to fight. He ran.
He headed for the forest. It smelled like spring. There
would be hunting there.
тАФTHE ENDтАФ
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 Embracing-The-New
by Benjamin Rosenbaum


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