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Eventually, I came to a dismal black ocean...
... stretching endlessly before me
How had I reached this appalling position with love...
... only love, as my guide
The moneylender floated at my feet.
Noble intentions had led me to atrocity
The righteous anger fueling my ingenious awful scheme was but delusion.
Where was my error?
Planning to resume my flight, I raised my head and saw her.
The vessel seemed to be waiting, not hovering to strike.
And gradually, I understood what innocent intent brought me to
... and waded out beyond my depth
The unspeakable truth loomed unavoidably before me...
... as I swam towards the anchored
Its dark and lurching mast filled all my vision.
All my well-meaning plans had come to this.
The world I tried to save was lost beyond recall.
A rope snaked down.
Sputtering, I grabbed it. And from the decks above,
a cheer went up...
both gross and black, its stench affronting heaven.
There had been no plan to capture Davidstown.
They'd come to wait until they could collect the only prize they valued.
Claim the only soul they truly wanted
I was a horror.
Amongst horrors must I dwell.