FANG 02 ❀❧ 『you get mistaken for strangers by your own friends when you pass them at night』

[themothdies]

〖VOICE〗

A cow gave birth to a fire; she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child.

You won't even remember, will you.

Comments

[supersedure]

[ You'd think the poor cow would have other problems after giving birth to something that burns. ]

Poetry now?

[themothdies]

Proverbs. I'm rather fond of them.

[supersedure]

What is it supposed to mean?

[themothdies]

They are open for interpretation. You're supposed to tell me what you see.

[supersedure]

An idiot with too much time on his hands?

[themothdies]

The latter is definitely so. It reminds me of another proverb, in fact.

Idle hands do the devil's work.

[supersedure]

So find something to do instead of wasting time.

[themothdies]

That's the point. When bored, one tends to conjure up evil.

[supersedure]

I don't-- [ oh wait hold on. ] --are you telling me you're wasting time on purpose?

[themothdies]

[slow]

[clap.]

[supersedure]

[ ouch that burns. ]

That's stupid. Just because a proverb says something it doesn't mean it's true. Idleness produces nothing at all.

[themothdies]

You place no value on entertainment, do you? Why pull strings to make puppets dance when a few bitter words can do it for you?

[supersedure]

You're right, I don't. I place no value in things that aren't useful. Entertainment isn't, and it's a waste of precious time.

[themothdies]

I wonder what time has taken from you to make you say such a thing.

[supersedure]

Time isn't a person. It's a thing. It doesn't take or give anything. It's how people move through time that changes the future.

[themothdies]

Time isn't a thing, for it is not tangible. Futures cannot be changed without will, and "people" inherently lack that.