At the edges of the western desert,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0x9hPhqg4
where maps are written only by survival,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pYPnqwBmm
Oshan stood atop a low rise,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpoBgJeQl9
the wind toying with his cloak,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8jJc6rF8i
and the night baring its teeth along the horizon.
Behind him…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk771XbP9Y
three hyenas.
They did not surround him as prey,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE73qo31158
nor as ordered guards,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPoyg5MLjI
but as companions who know whom to stand with30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBYLMlh2sd
when order collapses and chaos laughs.
One sat.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rCk5rzg1T
The second circled slowly.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElVhowRngQ
The third lifted its head30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ax5HmMCl
and released a short laugh30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7ZvLDeEg5
a laugh the desert never mistakes.
Oshan spoke without turning:
“One story has ended…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYwm7F5l8k
but the world has not learned yet.”
The hyenas stepped closer.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzisYW7s5bR
They were not hungry.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6jjNctW6u
They were waiting.
Oshan looked toward distant Saba,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMDxOQZtxr
where nothing could be seen…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiY7aJjqg9
yet everything could be felt.
He smiled a half-smile30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1sj5wkHdM
and spoke his final words,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriPZR5efb8
not as a warning…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYUPwYL7N2
but as a promise:
“When they believe the balance has settled,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dcZNiZ9fs
we return…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvVZXLgspD
to make sure it has not been broken again.”
The three hyenas laughed together.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcnBSEjCNi
One laughter…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCDgs7y5xC
intertwined…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjjABS145k
as if the desert itself were laughing.
Then they moved.
Bodies dissolved into shadow,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsN6Pq0WBJ
and only the sound remained,30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuODgCzi5z
echoing between the rocks:
Some stories do not end…30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk954BhjDt
they only hide.
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The End
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