One day, gasped the Dying Man,
your Empire will be nothing
but a tale in a history book.
Your great cities will lie in ruins,
and your very language
will be dead.
You lie, said the soldier
with the spear,
stabbing upwards.
Mar 6, 2021
Mar 6, 2021 at 11:21 AM UTC
One day, gasped the Dying Man,
your Empire will be nothing
but a tale in a history book.
Your great cities will lie in ruins,
and your very language
will be dead.
You lie, said the soldier
with the spear,
stabbing upwards.
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