At the edges of the western desert,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhIPpjeLCj
where maps are written only by survival,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYrHsUGMoQ
Oshan stood atop a low rise,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmdeWZhCyi
the wind toying with his cloak,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ9CY1yJwe
and the night baring its teeth along the horizon.
Behind him…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ymFW7Xee7
three hyenas.
They did not surround him as prey,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAIvW3wDcm
nor as ordered guards,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEk5Gla0TQ
but as companions who know whom to stand with19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRQJWROTrh
when order collapses and chaos laughs.
One sat.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQbVzdcdth
The second circled slowly.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZmOKj2eBc
The third lifted its head19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfrvzjeYVk
and released a short laugh19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTCUEdpQrv
a laugh the desert never mistakes.
Oshan spoke without turning:
“One story has ended…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVarvPp2ubp
but the world has not learned yet.”
The hyenas stepped closer.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOYbVPMvKo
They were not hungry.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbdyJzv8f8
They were waiting.
Oshan looked toward distant Saba,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSiPZNKCJx
where nothing could be seen…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUiGf0ssGe
yet everything could be felt.
He smiled a half-smile19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBewxtPlGy
and spoke his final words,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVMUUL7maO
not as a warning…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC5yLoZrMM
but as a promise:
“When they believe the balance has settled,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroMmYxIYJv
we return…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUTZYXuJ6g
to make sure it has not been broken again.”
The three hyenas laughed together.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT0u8f7sNp
One laughter…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq1korHdMU
intertwined…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHmJ5dPgih
as if the desert itself were laughing.
Then they moved.
Bodies dissolved into shadow,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2fJzHVk6M
and only the sound remained,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvMZViEhLz
echoing between the rocks:
Some stories do not end…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFP69iQFDw
they only hide.
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The End
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