The snakes continued to coil and slither, ignoring the skull whose mouth was open in a never-ending scream of agony, sitting atop what was left of his life’s vessel. “In your death you shall see what you turned down when you betrayed me. You shall see your loss, you shall see your despair. Best of all, you shall see me become a God – NO! – Better than a God! I will be a saviour, and greater than any saviour before because I am palpable. I am real. And you refused me.”