“But they’re all-powerful,” protested Algru. “They can’t be faced or denied.” “Nonsense, I’ve faced them,” lectured Kardios. “Maybe you should have faced them long ago. They’ve frightened you, crushed you. How?” “They came into Sambarra and made our fathers serve,” said somebody else. “Made them work, raise crops, build for them, work for them. We’ve never known anything else.” “Because of fear,” snapped Kardios. “I got free of fear some thousands of miles away. Now, I won’t stop and listen to any more. I’m going outside. I have a few more gods to kill.”
2020/2021 in a nutshell.
