The Goat

[Taiaka]

A goat told me that the Skygods weep for Raktam.
Why was this goat talking to me?
Why was there an ape squatting in the hut?
My purpose now is to talk to goats and dart apes? *snorts*
Impossible violence, weak drugs, strong tolerances. Pale faces not as pale. The mountain was too high, the goat too familiar.

Taiaka's reign will come. Taiaka's reign will come. *He shakes his head, matted dreadlocks spilling across his wind burnt face. He smiles.* All will follow, even the goats. Quick reckonings. Quickenings. Pacing. All will come. Taiaka's reign will come...

[Neil Tathers]

Neil Tathers feels a change in the wind by the seashore.  He looks back towards Raktam, "Him again..."