"So you brought us here?" asked Hewlett.
"No, in a way, you brought me here," intoned Cyril, acting as a translator between Sasquatch and human.
"I was just trying to escape Hadji and the Hand of Karma."
"He is not our greatest enemy right now." Boy that was a hell of a bombshell to drop at this point in the game. No one spoke for a while.
Finally, after the news had some time to sink in, Father Ng asked, "So if Hadji isn't our greatest enemy right now, who is? Why haven't we heard of any additional threat?"
"I will tell you in good time. For now, let me tell you about Hadji. He has lost his lover and his daughter, but he has not properly grieved for them. Grieving is a process with several stages. He has not gotten past the stage of anger. It is this anger which has attracted many other people who, for whatever reason, have a lot of anger in themselves as well. He has been leading them like a pack. The people follow him because he allows them to finally express their pent-up anger. Zombies don't hate, they're just hungry. The zombies follow him because he leads them to fresh meat."
"If zombies don't hate, why do they always put on their mean mug when they're attacking?" asked Mbu.
Cyril continued the story that Rahrah was relating to the group as if she hadn't heard Mbu's little remark. "You see, so far, Hadji has been acting in the interest of his pack. But recently, he has led the Hand of Karma into battles with my kind. What you call, Sasquatch. And we are quite adept and defeating them with our superior strength and agility." Hewlett and Mbu high-fived each other.
"What this is beginning to show the Hand of Karma is that Hadji is no longer acting in their best interests. Perhaps he never was. When they see that, they will stop following him. These people are merely looking for relevance in this world. They want an identity that is not solely based on negatives. They will not find that through him. There are only two emotions: love and fear. Everything else is just an offshoot of one of those along a spectrum."
"Hadji's anger is just his fear," interjected Enma.
Cyril turned to face Enma. "Yes. Love and hate are both choices. Affection, romance, infatuation are all emotions which will eventually pass. That's why love can be forever because our choices are the only things that change destiny."
"So what's this greater enemy that you spoke of?" asked Father Ng.
"There has been a supernova years before in a system very distant. Its rays will be reaching us soon. I can't explain to you how, but that will bring with it the power to give intelligence to the zombies."
"No, in a way, you brought me here," intoned Cyril, acting as a translator between Sasquatch and human.
"I was just trying to escape Hadji and the Hand of Karma."
"He is not our greatest enemy right now." Boy that was a hell of a bombshell to drop at this point in the game. No one spoke for a while.
Finally, after the news had some time to sink in, Father Ng asked, "So if Hadji isn't our greatest enemy right now, who is? Why haven't we heard of any additional threat?"
"I will tell you in good time. For now, let me tell you about Hadji. He has lost his lover and his daughter, but he has not properly grieved for them. Grieving is a process with several stages. He has not gotten past the stage of anger. It is this anger which has attracted many other people who, for whatever reason, have a lot of anger in themselves as well. He has been leading them like a pack. The people follow him because he allows them to finally express their pent-up anger. Zombies don't hate, they're just hungry. The zombies follow him because he leads them to fresh meat."
"If zombies don't hate, why do they always put on their mean mug when they're attacking?" asked Mbu.
Cyril continued the story that Rahrah was relating to the group as if she hadn't heard Mbu's little remark. "You see, so far, Hadji has been acting in the interest of his pack. But recently, he has led the Hand of Karma into battles with my kind. What you call, Sasquatch. And we are quite adept and defeating them with our superior strength and agility." Hewlett and Mbu high-fived each other.
"What this is beginning to show the Hand of Karma is that Hadji is no longer acting in their best interests. Perhaps he never was. When they see that, they will stop following him. These people are merely looking for relevance in this world. They want an identity that is not solely based on negatives. They will not find that through him. There are only two emotions: love and fear. Everything else is just an offshoot of one of those along a spectrum."
"Hadji's anger is just his fear," interjected Enma.
Cyril turned to face Enma. "Yes. Love and hate are both choices. Affection, romance, infatuation are all emotions which will eventually pass. That's why love can be forever because our choices are the only things that change destiny."
"So what's this greater enemy that you spoke of?" asked Father Ng.
"There has been a supernova years before in a system very distant. Its rays will be reaching us soon. I can't explain to you how, but that will bring with it the power to give intelligence to the zombies."
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