Where Lies Adventure!

"To Be Chosen" A Song from a Thing I don’t know why I’m still surprised To learn that I’m all wrong In here, out there, Its always been A conclusion profoundly foregone Well universe, I’ve heard you Finally I understand Your chosen ones are special In ways I’m not as a normal man To be chosen Means you’re the right one for the job Long ago foretold By a man who’s old That you’re a friggin god Strong enough to lift a horse But wise enough to not Cause you’re chosen So you ride the horse instead Funny, I feared this moment If and when I knew it true Would make me feel as invisible As the dad I never knew But I’m still here, still standing Far away from my hometown There’s no quest for me to screw up And no mother to let down To be chosen Means you’re destined to succeed On your noble quest You will do what’s best Satisfaction guaranteed Yo

CHAPTER 5 A Way Forward            “How?   How is this possible?” Shepherd asked aloud of himself. “You know very well,” the voice of Cecily lectured. “The power is supposed to give me what I want.   I wanted to heal her,” Shepherd argued to his feminine aspect. “Maybe there are limits on what you can do after all,” the faint voice of Finian posited.   “For instance, I’ve never seen a god raise someone from the dead.” “The divine power is limited only by the one who wields it,” Cecily corrected.   “By their desire, more specifically.   If you have not seen a god raise someone from the dead, that’s because the gods you’ve did not want to raise someone from the dead.” “But I wanted this,” Shepherd broke into his combating thoughts, “so badly that I felt it.   I felt the power like never before.   I commanded it, and it listened to me.   I saw myself guiding it.   Saw the future that such control of it could bring.” “Obviously you didn’t want it badly enough,