Adeptus Joshua Keen
Added 2017-07-31 08:23:14 +0000 UTC"You are missing a key element to this,” Keen said. “But you seem to fancy that you’re a clever man, so let me ask you a question - do you know what cordyceps unilateralis is?”
“Cordyceps is a family of fungus,” I replied quickly. “They’re famous because of their ability to parasitize and control insects.”
“Correct,” Keen replied. “Much in the way that a demon has parasitized you. Or more accurately, what used to be ‘you’. That is what demons do, as according to their nature. They parasitize human beings and turn them into vehicles, zombies so perfect that they maintain an illusion of humanity where there is none. There is, in fact, no ‘Alexi Sokolsky’ left in that hollowed out core where you may have once had a soul. Whatever it was that happened to you when you were young to allow this malevolent entity to seize control has replaced that child with itself.”
I stared at him. “You’re nuts.”
“You grew up into a warlock. Into a cold-blooded, unrepentant murderer with no conscience or broader sense of responsibility.” Keen cocked his head. “A career criminal, a murderer, a thief, a liar, and now a Faustian deal-broker. Which is exactly what one would expect of someone who was possessed by a monster, wouldn’t you say?”
“You’re nuts,” I repeated. “I'm not possessed, and I didn’t have any choice growing up in the family I did, in the circumstances I did-”
Keen only smiled. “No, you didn’t have a choice. And that is my point. Deus Vult, Mister Sokolsky. I’ll get the Deacon eventually - on my terms, not yours.”
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Tao Te Ching, Verse 38:
The kind man does something, yet something always remains undone.
The just man does something, and leaves many things to be done.
The moral man does something, and when no one responds, he rolls up his sleeves and uses force.
When the Tao is lost, there is goodness.
When goodness is lost, there is morality.
When morality is lost, there is ritual.
Joshua Keen happens to be a highly moral man.
