644 - Was This Where I Died?

After
the first two Gods there was a moment's pause. 
A space to catch one's breath.  I
stood, hands on my knees, trembling with the effort of the freed Gods'
Tens.  I hadn't realized, when
practicing, that it was absolutely necessary to pause here.



I
straightened and stripped the sweat from my body with my hands, the motions so
practiced, so smooth... Now I needed them for real. My body