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seanavan!Oct. 16th, 2008
The Death of Cadmus
Oct. 16th, 2008 11:00 pmI've been making some notes about this since day before yesterday. I'm not really clear on how the relics are used to kill Cadmus, but I know that they must and that do. I'm just not sure that I'll ever get all the stuff written from where I am to where I need to be. So, as with most of the books I read, I'm skipping to the end just because.
It's inevitable, I suppose. My most feared and most precious child is destined to be conquered, not necessarily by good, but by something not nearly as bad as he. And, with his death, perhaps my own phobias and my own fear of death will wash away and bring me some semblance of peace. Just as the Cadmus of legend slew his dragon, so too must I slay my own dragon-chylde.
( the end )
I find it sadly appropriate that the song being played at the time of this post is the one The Mother Unit used to sing to me when I was a kidlet. Mothers, how your children do stray....
It's inevitable, I suppose. My most feared and most precious child is destined to be conquered, not necessarily by good, but by something not nearly as bad as he. And, with his death, perhaps my own phobias and my own fear of death will wash away and bring me some semblance of peace. Just as the Cadmus of legend slew his dragon, so too must I slay my own dragon-chylde.
( the end )
I find it sadly appropriate that the song being played at the time of this post is the one The Mother Unit used to sing to me when I was a kidlet. Mothers, how your children do stray....
