were disappearing and reappearing, flickering in and out of existence. Fingers and hands kept vanishing. I stepped back and found that my legs went right through the solid throne. The walls around me hummed incredibly, going beyond sound to become a force, one that would chase me beyond death.
“The question!” I shouted.
“It infected you like a virus! It served as the gateway for your destruction!”
The vibration worsened. I heard a loud crash and saw water rushing in though a gaping hole in my wall.
“No! My palace!”
“Have you seen? Have you understood? The order of the world is to increase energy! The meaning of the future is to destroy lies! But, did not the kings of old get to enjoy their fabrications? Were their laws cast off and forgotten while they yet lived to support them?”
Several more beams collapsed, and water was coming from everywhere. The vibrations became as those of a major earthquake. The noise became as loud as an old jet, running its engine past full power, accelerating beyond.
“There is a curse on you! The limits protecting you have been cancelled! How much more can what you built withstand? When will you be exposed for the fraud you are and be called to judgment?”
The gun broke to pieces in my hands, its parts landing all over the throne’s riser and into the water swallowing it.
“Can’t you forgive me yet, Brandon?”
I saw Richard there, by my side. He was a child. He was the brother I’d
“The question!” I shouted.
“It infected you like a virus! It served as the gateway for your destruction!”
The vibration worsened. I heard a loud crash and saw water rushing in though a gaping hole in my wall.
“No! My palace!”
“Have you seen? Have you understood? The order of the world is to increase energy! The meaning of the future is to destroy lies! But, did not the kings of old get to enjoy their fabrications? Were their laws cast off and forgotten while they yet lived to support them?”
Several more beams collapsed, and water was coming from everywhere. The vibrations became as those of a major earthquake. The noise became as loud as an old jet, running its engine past full power, accelerating beyond.
“There is a curse on you! The limits protecting you have been cancelled! How much more can what you built withstand? When will you be exposed for the fraud you are and be called to judgment?”
The gun broke to pieces in my hands, its parts landing all over the throne’s riser and into the water swallowing it.
“Can’t you forgive me yet, Brandon?”
I saw Richard there, by my side. He was a child. He was the brother I’d