I rather think this song goes great with the following chapter: www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v(equal sign)c6YWBkhOm7U
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xix — fallacies III: kagome
Swathed completely in faux-silk as a caterpillar prepared to undergo metamorphosis, her goddess wriggled on the petal-dusted floor before her.
Her head, wrapped in grays and whites of salvation, jerked from side to side as she toiled for the air that had abandoned her.
A distorted whine emanated from where her lips were, the sound just barely able to penetrate the dense paper surface.
…and the killing material was plastered most firmly over her nostrils, suffocating her in a slow albeit sure sequence.
She bucked and floundered about, full of life and vigor and fire at long last regardless of the fact that she were now but an animated body of paper without an ounce of flesh to show.
"Be freed," prompted Konan in a gentle tone. "Escape this prison and remember your name."
Even as her goddess's shrunken frame fell motionless after a final, weak kick the encompassing field of monochrome stirred to life in requiem.
Petals flew and whirled around them both, majestic.
Konan's mouth soon tilted in a subtle smile as she regarded the stilled bundle.
A blossom of felicitation landed over the paper-veiled corpse's forehead, the grand movements within the chamber having subsided and the airborne petals fallen.
"She has been liberated," declared the amber-eyed seraph as she turned to face the man—whom had just arrived—behind her.
Pein's countenance was devoid of any expression. "What have you done, Konan—"
"It should be obvious," she interjected calmly.
Concentric gray eyes remained fastened to her—her, the angel that had conquered his goddess—as she continued:
"I helped her to recall her true name."
We all need a firm sense of identity.
—Christopher Eccleston
Author's Note: I've stumbled upon many different translations for the name Kagome, but the one that appealed to me most was "caged bird."