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***THE ENEMY***
Most boys did not quite understand the purpose of learning how to KILL KILL KILL THEM ALL while growing up. Sleepy Waters had the lecture they neeeded.
<span class="mu-i">For the longest time, We were under the protection of the <span class="mu-s">Emperor</span> from the <span class="mu-s">World Above</span>. We were a small people, and those from the World Above were tall, what could We do? Sometimes the Emperor faltered and Our World was invaded by the Enemy. But someone, may it be one of the Emperor's agents or a relative, would rise to drive out the Enemy. It is for this reason why We worship the Emperor. Once, turmoil occured in the World Above, a Divine Conspiracy to oust the Emperor, Our Protector, from His rightful throne. We did not wish to impose Ourselves in the World Above, nor the World Below. But those from the World Above wished to impose themselves in Our World.
We were so lucky that those who imposed themselves on Us knew Us. At first We hosted them as the <span class="mu-s">Great Turtle</span> taught Us, and They soon became the land We belonged to. While We moved from Bell to Bell, Our new Guests became the land we belonged to. Thus they became Our Gracious Hosts.
The Emperor returned for Us to host in the land We belonged, and for Him to host Us in His Empire, not through Himself but through an <span class="mu-s">Idol</span>. All we surrendered was the <span class="mu-s">Great Grove</span> We built for them so many ages ago. From the World Above, many came to the Great Grove as We left. The Guests from Above did as they wished in the Great Grove so long as We were allowed to do as We pleased elsewhere.
One day, the Guests from Above began to despise Our Emperor. They thought they knew better than the Emperor, for it was for them whom them the Emperor ruled for. Who could ague against that? All was fair, so long as those Guests from the Great Grove did not decide what they could do in Our home.
Our Emperor, bless His Soul, the benevolent ruler He was, listened to His people. But Our Idol knew the treachery of such people, the Enemy from the World Above who lived in the Great Grove.
Our Idol told Us:
"They sing words of allowing you to make your own decisions for your lives. But they do not care about your lives. They want your lives to become a part of theirs. All the fields, the trees, the waters, the rocks, the stories you prescribe them, they do not care. They want you to tell them they are allowed there to do as they wish, but they will not allow you to tell them what your home means to you. Do not agree to this because if you do, they will seize your homes out of pretenses of fairness."
Thus, We came out to make Our desires known, We wish not Our home to be treated as objects. And thus, the Guests from Above felt betrayed. And they felt justified in eliminating Us. They murdered Our Idol...</span>
