The Platypus Reads: Part CCCXXXII

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Addie LaRue and her sea of stars, courtesy of Starryai. "Oh how should I not lust for Thee, Eternity, and for the wedding ring of rings, The Ring of Recurrence. Never did I meet the [man] by whom I wanted children, unless it be this [man] that I love. For I love Thee, oh Eternity. For I love Thee, oh Eternity." Beware the gods who come at night! Who looks into the Darkness may find the Darkness looking back. Beware the Sons of Slave Morality and the avoid the Sorcerer. Your life should be a work of Art.

If you've read Nietzsche, you've read Addie LaRue; right down to the disconcerting whiff of antisemitism.

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