There was only way to counteract the missiles being fired by stupid earthlings – drop a spark from the Divine Flame on the monstrous decision-makers to disempower them.
She crept into the cavern where the gods kept their flame, her hands trembling with both awe and hunger.
The masquerade she wore was stitched from mortal shadows, but it sagged under the weight of her mortal breath.
She thought she could swing it off, carry the blaze as if it were hers by right, but the fire burned too fiercely for her fragile disguise.
The guardians of light saw her falter, and the veil of boldness dissolved into ash.
Her crime was not theft but the attempt to cross into a realm where power cannot be borrowed or delegated, nor can destiny of a planet be changed.
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She came to a place where she had to try something, even if it failed.
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It happens so often.
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Ah! Too sad
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Yes.
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🙁
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stealing power from the powerful… surely not is more difficult. they (the powerful) guard it without limit, and then, were one to succeed, would they in turn be transformed into something equally destructive of the masses.
they say (well, Lord Acton said) ‘Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ would a woman be immune from that effect.
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You are right about how to use the power after grabbing it. Both men and women are equally susceptible to being corrupted. It is not gender specific.
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We all wish we could do more to stop what is happening. The only people hurt in all this are the innocent lives taken from both sides.
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The majority always pays for the folly of the minority, by virtue of their position and decision-making powers.
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I agree, and those decisions are crazy.
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‘Her crime was not theft but the attempt to cross into a realm where power cannot be borrowed or delegated, nor can destiny of a planet be changed.’
A wonderful story. You are very imaginative, my dear Reena.
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Thank you! There is a viral video showing the inter-planetary council taking away all arms from humans and pushing them back to the Stone Age.
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Some are still in stone age, our stone pelters.
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True 😂
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Oh wow, this is good!
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Thanks, Cale!
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My pleasure.
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A modern SciFi take on Promethius? I like!!
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Thank you, Liz!
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well, you have to give her credit for trying…
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Agree. Thanks for stopping by!
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if only the ordinary people could steal the power of the gods to make it better… Or lock it away or something, something.
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well, it’s hard because we don’t all agree on what the best course of action should be.
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I feel the desperation.
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