Ari Marmell
False Covenant

Beneath the sun, the roads are man's,

His work, his home, his town, his plans.

But 'ware the ticking of the clock:

The night belongs to Iruoch.

— from an old Galicien children's rhyme

“But I don't understand,” said golden-haired Adeline. “You told me that you were not hungry this evening.”

“I am not,” said the Marquis Iruoch.

“And you said I had not offended you in any way,” said Adeline.

“You have not.”

“Then why do you seek to murder me?”

“Because I may later be hungry,” said Iruoch.

“Because you may later offend me,” said Iruoch.

“And because I can.”

— from “The Princess on the Road of Beasts,” a popular Galicien fairy tale


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