The Taking of Adam

"I am but a man; a man made whole through the sins of my Father. From ash, or demolition left in my wake, as my hands razed over every beam, arch and collumn befallen and saturated by rage and tempests — on my thousanth rampage, I saw the stats unfold as fire dyed my eyes crimson, redder than satin-faded, love shade lipstick; and discovered the visible light of the Phoenix only seen in the deepest trench of the Red Sea; whose dogma condemns it to drink of fire and submerge itself in the Inferno — just as I am condemned to sinless violence.

It was Heaven's command, in all its unchallenged conceit, that uplifted me from the same earth consecrated with the blood of warring Titans; so why ask for forgiveness when my very soul bears the signature of my designer, written in bloodink to ensure I would never forget. Such antipathy is my nature — as anything I ever touch, ruin, breathe upon or rend asunder survives for an eternity; stained and cursed as I have been. My circle of intoxication.

Witness! Awe! Behold the most dangerous game exemplified by the Man who hunts man, who feasts on metallic organs justly. Yet, though what once was opaque within me now overflown with red, all is not so oblique and punishment. Concealed beneath each golden scale inherited from my dragonic forefathers are the names of all I ever loved or ever loved me, and though it is not my peace to be forgiven, I believe Heaven will forgive me nonetheless, making this bloodhungry life not so as obscured as I solemnly quote alone beneath the pale face of the moon. Set me free."

-Antitheus

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