TIME & TIME AGAIN, ONE FOUL CREATURE HAS BEEN TRADED FOR ANOTHER.
FIRST A DRAGON, THEN JACKALS, & NOW A SERPENT!
SLITHERING ITS WAY TOWARDS YOU &THEN SNEAKING UP FROM BEHIND AS IT COILS ITSELF AROUND ONE,
SQUEEZING THE VERY LIFE-GIVING BREATH WE NEED SO MUCH.
ATTEMPTING TO SWALLOW YOU WHOLE & WITHOUT MERCY.
FOR THIS IS THE SERPENT'S WAY.
TO STRIKE AGAIN & AGAIN,
INJECTING ITS POISON TO STUN, CONFUSE, & DEPLETE ONE'S WILL.
SO IT MAY FEED ON OUR VERY ESSENCE!
BUT IF WE THE CHILDREN CAN STAND UP TO THE EVIL ONES WHO CALL THEMSELVES MEN,
THEN WE WILL NEVER BE SWALLOWED BY DARKNESS AGAIN.
BY ANTHONY RUBINO
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