This is a gift, it comes with a price, who is the lamb and who is the knife?

[aresrising05]

I wiped the blood of the last guardian of my sword. When it was clean I sheaved it, and turned to look at the young man. He barely had a beard, I thought about the life he could have had, while the priests dragged his body away to join the others. Like the rest of us he had given everything for the ritual. The Bishop came over to congratulate me,

Comments

[eternal_ot]

Whoa! A Powerful Punch. Well written. Great description! Kudos!

[leni_ba]

Nice! I like the idea of a loophole, and of all those soul choosing eternal damnation to save their people.

[aresrising05]

It is easy to have martyrs if they think they are going to a special heaven. It shows real compassion on their part if they think they are going to be punished for doing the right thing.

[swirlsofblue]

An intriguing and fascinating concept and world, great story.

[whipchick]

Every now and then I think it would be nice to be part of an organized religion. Thanks for wiping that thought back out!

[dmousey]

(This comment made me actually snort! Too funny!...back to lurking and reading)

[misfitmanor]

A world so fleshed out. So tragic, but triumphant and hopeful at the same time... terrible situation to be in, though, that this was the only resort. Really well done.

~karmasoup

[aresrising05]

Thanks :)