• ADDENDUM: Far’s Story

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I toyed with the idea of telling an entire novel in Far’s voice, but opted not to (at least so far). I did, however, decide to write this short bit from Far’s perspective.


Axton say tell Far-story. I agree, I will tell Far-story.

I is Far. I is possibly god. I is born my children call for help for protect. Yzyrchye Kyrchye is — no, are — possibly my father-mother. Children make call, I cross Line to come here, come Cislunar. Children make want, I help. I is desire protect all children.

Tell Far-story is not easy. I not know word. I need word.

Axton is teach me new word and. And is good word. I is teach word — no, words — by Axton and Milka and Caro and Jack and Holly and Flynn and Kate. Words is — are — word and word and word is words are — good for tell mine story and for tell mine desire. Children say adult fear I cross Line for help children. I say adult fear is good. Adults is — are — for hurt children. Children say not all adult make fear. Axton is no fear, Aronson is no fear, DuBaton is no fear, Yzyrchye, no, Axton Hound is possibly fear. I say possibly, possibly. Adults are tell me lie. I not want lie. Adults make want, I make rule, say adults make service. Axton say is Exchange Rule. Exchange is you make desire, I come do, and I make desire, you come do. Exchange Rule is good for lying adults.

Children say, tell children Far-life in transient Line. I say no are words for tell there-life in transient Line. Words are for Cislunar-here life, words are for human-here life. Transient there-life no is, no yes, no no, no here, no there. Transients are possibly and possibly and possibly. Human minds are not good minds for cross transient Line. I know Yzyrchye mark Caro and Jack and Holly and Flynn and Kate for make good minds for cross transient Line. And I know Caro and Jack and Holly and Flynn and Kate are mark and are not Hound. Axton Hound say, Milka is mine Far Hound, and I say no, I does not desire make Far Hound. I see Yzyrchye make Hound. Possibly I make Far Hound in possibly-life. I not desire make Far Hound now. Far Hound is possibly no good, is possibly hurt. I desire protect, not desire I will hurt children for I make Far Hound. Is bad Exchange.

Axton say, why I come for Axton-call and no make Exchange Rule? I say, Axton does desire Far will come, I is desire know words, Axton teach me words, is Exchange. And I say, Axton is possibly children. He say, I/Axton is adult, not children. Yes, no? I say, I no know words for tell. Axton teach me words and words and words. I listen for make all words mine. Axton say, why Far want know words? Yzyrchye, Kyrchye no want know words. I say, Yzyrchye, she does say words and no is good mind for words. Kyrchye, she is good mind for words and does no say words. I is possibly good mind for know words and say words. I must know words for help children. Axton say, come listen and I/Axton will help Far learn. I learn word learn.

One children call Far come cross Line, save him. I cross Line, save him and kill adult is hurt him. He say, help, what I/children is? I say, you is possibility. Go and make good and no lie and protect children for help I. He say yes, yes, I/children will. I tell Axton and Axton say, you is new god, is make new religion, is make new communicants. Possibly I is god, I say. Yes, I say, I desire make new religion will help and protect all children. I will tell children, go tell-teach all children, adult no hurt you, you no fear adult. Far will come for help you. Far will come find proof in adult mind, and adult is do hurt, Far kill adult. Axton say, is I/Axton do hurt for children? I say, you desire I know? He say, you hurt me/Axton? I say, possibly. I see you mind and find proof, possibly I will hurt you. He say, I/Axton is not guilty for hurt children but I/Axton not want pain. I say, what is but? What is want? What is pain? I learn new words. I learn happy sad pain comfort love hate cry laugh. But I see humans do words but I not know. Happy sad pain comfort love hate cry laugh is not transient life. Axton say he is sad for I say that. Axton say possibly I/Far learn and know. I say, yes, I want learn and know all. I say, Axton teach words and I learn words, possibly is happy Exchange? Axton make laugh.

Children say, adults say kill is evil, but Far kill, is Far evil? What is Far say kill is? I say, what is evil? Children teach me evil, good. I say, evil and good is — are — words for human life, not words for transient life. I say, for human life, possibly evil is hurt and good is not hurt? I say, adults does hurt, make fear, are evil and I kill hurt-fear adults, possibly I kill evil. Children say yes, good, we/children understand. I say, what is understand? Children teach me word understand. I want I will understand all words. Is good I learn and understand all words. I is possibly happy I listen and learn and understand?

Axton say, will you kill me if I/Axton do evil? If I kill? I ask, what is if? I learn word. Axton teach me words and words for past, present, future. I say, if I know you hurt children, then I will kill you. Axton say, but you tell me/Axton I/Axton is possibly children. I say, yes. Axton say, you is learn words for tell me/Axton now? I say, yes, possibly now I say words I learn and Axton listen mine story and understand.

Axton father and mother past make Axton life for make calls and cross Line. But past children-Axton make call for Line for protect mother. Children-Axton is no understand rule — make call is for adult mine, is not for children mind. Children-Axton make call and Axton mind is hurt bad. Adult Axton mind is hurt now, is children-mind for Line, for calls, for gods and for me.
 

Axton listen and cry. I learn word comfort but not learn words for help make sad Axton happy. Possibly future-Axton teach me words. But he not teach me now.