Windfall (2010)
“The explosion of death-energy from the destruction is so huge that, to balance the scales, five hundred Djinn snap into existence, each holding some small measure of the life of that lost, beautiful land. Lost and alone, newborn.
Powerful, and afraid.
The storm doesn’t see them as fuel for its fires, and turns north, toward a rich, green land full of energy, full of life, full of fragile things that it can grind apart in its fury.
And this is when it becomes my story, and my mistake.... I can’t stop it. The Djinn can’t stop it, even with the addition of the Five Hundred; the storm is a natural thing, and we can’t fight manifestations of the Mother nearly so well as we fight each other, or things in the world of man.
The end of the world is on us. We argue, the Djinn. Some of us try to turn the storm aside, but it’s too much for us.
I realize there is no way for Djinn to help mankind, and no way for mankind to save itself, without making an irrevocable choice.MoreLess
Powerful, and afraid.
The storm doesn’t see them as fuel for its fires, and turns north, toward a rich, green land full of energy, full of life, full of fragile things that it can grind apart in its fury.
And this is when it becomes my story, and my mistake.... I can’t stop it. The Djinn can’t stop it, even with the addition of the Five Hundred; the storm is a natural thing, and we can’t fight manifestations of the Mother nearly so well as we fight each other, or things in the world of man.
The end of the world is on us. We argue, the Djinn. Some of us try to turn the storm aside, but it’s too much for us.
I realize there is no way for Djinn to help mankind, and no way for mankind to save itself, without making an irrevocable choice.MoreLess
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