The Blue Hawk
“The doves shuffled their plumes, destroying silence, and the air was thick with smells of life, fresh bread, spices, herbs, rich meats. Now that he was faced with the actuality of this ghostly journey Tron was no longer afraid. It was as though he had used up in the last few days all the fear that was in him. He whispered his night hymn again, settled the hawk to perch on what felt like a jeweled casket, laid his forehead on his updrawn knees, and fell asleep.
He slept through the dawn hymn on ...the Tower, and woke with a jerk when the doors of the House of O and Aa crashed open and the horns marched groaning in. The sound of them came gradually nearer. He could envisage the slow procession led by the King’s trumpeters with their high-curling instruments passing within arm’s reach on either side of him. At last the groaning ended, but there was no pause before the voices of the priests of Aa swelled out of the echoes.
Mistress of dark, Mother of Gods, Aa never born, Ruler of birth, Aa never dying, Ruler of death, A man’s life, yes, a King’s life, It is birth, it is dying, Coming from Aa, Going to Aa, Between them is nothing, Beyond them is nothing, And over that nothing Aa rules also.MoreLess
He slept through the dawn hymn on ...the Tower, and woke with a jerk when the doors of the House of O and Aa crashed open and the horns marched groaning in. The sound of them came gradually nearer. He could envisage the slow procession led by the King’s trumpeters with their high-curling instruments passing within arm’s reach on either side of him. At last the groaning ended, but there was no pause before the voices of the priests of Aa swelled out of the echoes.
Mistress of dark, Mother of Gods, Aa never born, Ruler of birth, Aa never dying, Ruler of death, A man’s life, yes, a King’s life, It is birth, it is dying, Coming from Aa, Going to Aa, Between them is nothing, Beyond them is nothing, And over that nothing Aa rules also.MoreLess
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