A Mind in Motion

[ Previously ]    ..."They will not accept you," she reasoned.      His maniacal laughter bubbled up out of him again and she did not need to see his eyes to know the glint in them now.      "They do not need to, they simply just have to kneel before me." *****      The cavern rumbled again and loose rocks tumbled from the ceiling around them. She was not sure if this network of tunnels would remain stable after the tremors ceased or if it would collapse altogether. Kek hanu seemed not to care either way as he continued stepping back towards the shadows.      "I cannot let you abuse innocents like this," she warned him. She had hoped for reason, but prepared for a fight nonetheless if he was unwilling to see things her way.      "I know, mother," he replied, a hint of resignation in his words.       Her shoulders fell slightly at the reality they bot...

[ Previously ] ..... "We do not play with mortals," her commanding tone cracked, but the whip of her words fell short upon his deaf ears.      He cocked his head, so much like his simian descent, and questioned childishly, "Why not?" *****      She felt her temper flair at his willful ignorance. From the day she had brought him home, set on giving him every opportunity lost to him when his lineage faded in a haze of madness and blood, he had pushed back at her with defiance. At first she assumed it was due to the trauma of his past and his inability to deal with his emotions. Then she chalked it up to his irrational rage, brought on by his basic animal nature--his hormones--his physical separation from others as he aged--and any other excuse she could find to lie to herself.      Eventually, though, she had to accept that he was defiant because it was part of his nature. He could not fit in, could not settle...