He suggested, look into the mirror and fi nd what changes mightplacate the gods and make this journey a bit easier. But themirror was theirs, the gods of mediocrity and the status quo! Lokicertainly knew this was wrong. Loki, the god of change whocould wreak havoc, knew this would be a superfi cial ploy, atgreat cost. Thoth, the Ibis, the moon god, the tongue and speechof Ra would go dead silent in her. Although the path might besmoother, she would lose herself. They could never embrace herbut would struggle to catalogue her to support their falteringedifi ce. So she thought melancholic extraordinaire, confi ded inIbis of the crescent moon and believed suffering had meaning.With her Ibis guide, books and guitar, the music in her head,and the symphony of the spheres of the cosmos, she coveredher cowlicks with her hat, often looking back to fi nd the elusivemeaning to it all but never to placate the gods of mediocrityand the status quo. She was subversive in that way.
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