PROLOGUE
Cats, Creatures and Creation
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~Something You Should Know~
You are dying.
I should know. I am still waiting for you, after all. But that's neither here nor there. For now, I am here for the sole purpose of keeping track of my latest gamble…
(The toads think they have it all worked out. We shall see.)
If it works out my way, I'll have a lot of work off my shoulders… Generating and harvesting souls is such a burden. The fewer there are, the better. And I have always had something of a soft spot for my souls born into the lives of ninja…
I can grant them the peace they crave.
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~A Small Misunderstanding~
My whispered words turned into a name.
There is a certain satisfaction in being the one that indirectly named an infant soul; I hadn't experienced it before and it wasn't my intention, but I know now. It makes it all the more fitting that the human who named the child was quite intimate with me; whether it knew or not.
The humans would call it unlucky.
And luck, in my experience, is quite often passed on.
I can sense your curiosity. I won't answer all your questions, but something I will:
I'm sure your dying to hear the progress of my gamble.
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What has Changed thus Far
rabbit was fed the carrot – fox grinned - the roots grew longer – duck grew wings – snake slyly accepted – wood was axed
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What is this? You want to know more?
I suppose I can fill you in on the details while the next part of the rabbit's life continues. It might take quite a while, after all I could show you everything.
But I shan't of course. Though I will show you everything the rabbit has encountered, maybe even some of the things it hasn't seen.
Until then.