When people talk about our lives, what they really talk about are our accomplishments. Few of our obituaries recall that we loved Indian food, or that we had dreams of one day writing a screenplay, or that we were teaching ourselves to play the oboe but weren’t any good at it yet. For most of us, our lives can be summarized in a few painfully short sentences. Every life is distinct, a welter of ideas and senses and memories and relationships that interweave to create a unique human being. T’s hard to believe that after all this time, we as a species still haven’t figured out the answer to this question. Either way, the face speaks with a voice like both thunder and lightning, but I cannot understand its words. The figures all bow before it, as though it’s actually there, but it seems to me to be just a recording of some kind. Its too many eyes gaze around, but they seem to see nothing. Then, appearing in an image of light looming over the device, I see an inhuman face. I feel as if I’m watching careful choreography. Occasionally, one of the other participants does likewise, even though they all remain silent. With each line, she touches a symbol or two on a glass panel, and various lights on the device blink and change. Teach us your ancient ways, Changing God. We, the faithful Zirathu, seek your knowledge. The words are still etched into my memory: Lord of Past Treasures and Inhuman Secrets, Master of Metals That Cannot Be Pierced, Duke of Energies That Give Life to the Unliving, Prince of Understanding the Unseen World, Hear our prayer.

Next, the woman in yellow produces a worn book with a blue cover.

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