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Title: Contemplating God
Challenge: Week Challenge #17
Word Count: 200 (This time is a double drabble!)
Characters: Arthur
Disclaimer: I own nothing or no one. Lancelot follows me everywhere because he wants. I'm not forcing him to anything!
Date: Apr.16.2006
Author's Notes: English is not my native language and I'm still learning it; I'll be glad if you help me pointing at any error you find!
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KA100 Challenge #17:
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Arthur watched with a deep pain in his heart as Galahad and Gawain prepared Lancelot's body for the funeral. They worked sorrowfully in the silent room, and the Roman could see how hard the younger knight was fighting back the tears. Arthur closed his eyes, the image of Lancelot was very clear in his mind, in every single detail. All the grace and strength of his movements, the power and passion of his presence, the fierce spirit of his eyes.
Arthur recalled the first time he saw Lancelot. In that moment, he knew God existed. That was the only explanation he could find for the existence of such a powerful and fascinating creature. The dark knight was so perfect that he must have been created by God Himself. Though Lancelot always believed he was his own God, when Arthur looked into the knight's eyes, he saw something else. He saw the power of God burning in Lancelot's fire. During all their years together, Arthur had secretly contemplated God through Lancelot's spirit. And now that the spirit had extinguished, Arthur was burning the body. Something inside him had broken, and Arthur knew he would never contemplate God again. Not without Lancelot.