"The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature,
capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty."
A being of immense power gazes upon a blue world one final time preparing to leave.
When life has slipped behind this isolation
Cruelty and hatred have become
The cause of those whose eyes are full of wanting
The truth will still abandon none
When a prayer is heard causing the being to pause it's preparations.
So you must carry this light into the darkness
You shall be a star unto the night
You will find hope alive among the hopeless
That is your purpose to this life
"Please some one help these people. I know that I shall die this day,
but please let my death give these people a chance to live."
The lips draw words and hands find actions
Still there is more within one heart
Into the silence will you answer
Before the chaos will you come
With this prayer a teenage girl, with no powers or training, charges towards a creature that towers over her,
snatching up the fallen halberd of a hero that had been de-armed before her very eyes.
It's four eyes blaze a sickening green as it sweeps a clawed hand forth sending a blade of water at high speed.
Do not injustice to another
Defend the weak and innocent
Let truth and honor always guide you
Let courage find a life within
It is at this moment that the world and all upon it pauses. The being of immense power,
a god steps forth into this plane of existence.
Standing before the girl the god looks into her soul and observes her history.
Stand up when no one else is willing
Act not in hatred or in spite
Be to this world as a perfect knight
Even if it means your life
The god upon seeing what all the gir... no what all Taylor had been through in her young life decides to help her.
With a sad smile and a new hope for humanity the god steps back and with a flash of silvery light disappears.
Here I am
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Taylor
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Taylor
How can I hope to live
What I cannot dream
The world resumes its course and Taylor continues her charge towards certain death.
Time slows for Taylor as a voice speaks in her mind "For your bravery, selfless acts and all you have been through,
I shall grant that which you need to be a light for all humanity can draw comfort and inspiration.
Speak these words to bring forth my gifts,..."
You cannot map the ways of divinity
This much is known only unto God
As a voice is heard by all in the city "By the will of the High Lord and with the Cudgel of Gird. You shall not harm any more people, Be gone from this city!"
A flash of light blinds all who watch as Taylor charges the four eyed beast.
And through these doubts and through your confusion
Know that you are chosen to this fight
Look to find a soul filled with compassion
Look to see a living source of light
As the light fades Taylor can be seen still charging forward but she is changed.
Where before she was wearing normal everyday clothing, now she is clad shining silver armor with a white tabard over it. Gone is the halberd in its place is a kite shield and a three foot long cudgel capped in silvery metal.
Here I am
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Skitter
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Skitter
How can I hope to be
What I can't believe
Drawing in close to the beast Taylor swings her cudgel smashing the beast back.
With blow after blow she drives the beast back towards the ocean from whence it came.
At the edge of the shore she drops her shield and grabbing her weapon with both hands delivers on final blow sending the beast flying far out to sea.
"The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature,
capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.
If you wish to find that which becomes the dividing line between mankind and other biological classifications,
it rests not in brain size, dominance, or even emotional capability,
but lies in the unique capacity for human beings to reflect on their actions and show regret.
It is most certainly the ability to empathize that gives them their position.
All mammals understand love and affection,
but only man shows the propensity to place himself into the shoes of another life-form.
Losing this capability among individuals of this species reduces them below their much heralded position,
and readies the climate for the likely fall of man; a fall from grace."
Here I am
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Weaver
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Weaver
How can I hope to find
What I cannot see
Here I am
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Khepri
Pieces born to your victory
Hagia Khepri
How can I hope to be
What's inside of me
