Nano 10: The Oracle.
I have answers. All of them.
For thousands of years, people have come to me, looking for answers. They come with questions of every type, in every language. Questions about the past, present, future. Love, hate, war, peace, science, magic. Every question that the mind of man could create has been asked.
Nobody comes up to the mountain anymore. They all have this "internet" thing; they've got no use for me. I've been on my own for a long, long time.
This morning, someone finally came. It was a young boy, no more than eight years old. I wanted to ask him how he made it all the way up here, but that's not the way it works.
"GREETINGS," I told him in my most impressive voice. "YOU MAY ASK ONE, AND ONLY ONE QUESTION, AND I WILL GRANT THE ANSWER YOU SEEK."
The boy looked up into my face and asked, "How are you?"
I smiled. Nobody had ever asked me that before.
For thousands of years, people have come to me, looking for answers. They come with questions of every type, in every language. Questions about the past, present, future. Love, hate, war, peace, science, magic. Every question that the mind of man could create has been asked.
Nobody comes up to the mountain anymore. They all have this "internet" thing; they've got no use for me. I've been on my own for a long, long time.
This morning, someone finally came. It was a young boy, no more than eight years old. I wanted to ask him how he made it all the way up here, but that's not the way it works.
"GREETINGS," I told him in my most impressive voice. "YOU MAY ASK ONE, AND ONLY ONE QUESTION, AND I WILL GRANT THE ANSWER YOU SEEK."
The boy looked up into my face and asked, "How are you?"
I smiled. Nobody had ever asked me that before.