I told him I really must be going and I headed back this way.” “I told him I had no interest in joining the masses who’d graced his bed. He told me how inevitable it was that we’d be together and asked if I wanted to return to his bed with him. “Y-you mean, you know the Wizard, Apollo? Is h-he really annoying?” What an annoying man, and to think he was named after the Sun God! Someone needs to teach him who his namesake is!” “I began the journey back home only to run into Apollo just on the outskirts of the city. I thought to tell them that he’d been drunk and needed help getting home, but nobody was around when I returned. I went back into town to see again that nobody had noticed the man missing or that I had taken him into the woods. “Anyhow, I wanted to hide what I’d done, so I took the man into the woods and hid him there. You were so sensitive and loving from the day you came to us. “I didn’t blame you for running away and I hoped you’d return to me, but I didn’t think you would. It was then that I realized it must have been you in the market, and how terrible for you, nearly a babe yourself, to have inadvertently killed so many. He looked just like those people from the market had been described.
He was pale and his eyes were still open. “Anyhow, I looked back down at the man before me. It was strange to find something there that I hadn’t known was there, but it was interesting too. I played my tongue around them for a moment, wondering where they had come from. Nobody was around yet.I tasted blood in my mouth, so I felt around with my tongue to see if I had any wounds. “When I came to myself, I dropped the man and looked around to see that nobody had seen what I’d done. His heart was beating quickly and the smell got stronger and I just couldn’t resist anymore. I looked him in the eyes and asked him about you and suddenly his face went blank. “I was outside the city when it happened and I was just about to head home because the fragrance was overwhelming me and I wasn’t sure what I’d do. It was only one, nothing like what happened to you, but it scared me. I ate normally, and it tasted far more amazing than food had ever tasted, but the hunger just wouldn’t ever go away. I looked for days, but nobody had seen you and I just knew you were gone. I went to town to see if maybe anyone had seen you there. “I think I was out for a couple of days because the smoke was almost gone and the house smelled of rotted meat. The box was gone and so were you and Lord Epimetheus, Oh Pandora it was so awful to see him like that. “Pandora, when I woke and you were gone, I thought you had disintegrated in the explosion. I’ve only ever heard of t-teachers like you in the p-palaces. I’ve been very excited to meet such a wonderful teacher. P-Pandora has told me wonderful things about you. “He was in the marketplace and I found him yesterday in the city, feeding on someone in an alleyway.” Reena picked up Truth and cuddled with her,“you’re right, she’s not cute. “Aw Truth? What a cute kitty!” Truth rubbed against Reena’s ankles. This is Reena who I’ve been telling you so much about.” I told her everything about the massacre in the market, about running in the woods, about feeding on animals, about killing those ladies in the clearing and discovering that I could make others like myself. I told her all about what had transpired since I had opened the box. “Pandora, where have you been? Who was right? Who told you I was alive?” “REENA! You’re here! She was right, you really are alive! Gods I thought you were dead!” I ran to her and embraced her tightly. “ Pandora, is that really you?” came the voice from behind me.
“Reena?” I called out loudly, hoping she would hear. Already I could see the silvery light of the moon reflecting on the still water. “Reena are you out there?” I yelled as i rounded the bend. I went around back to the swimming pond, since it was early evening, she might be relaxing in the waters. Finally my foot touched the drive and I ran all the way up to Reena’s door and began pounding! “Reena! Reena are you here?” The more formal living areas were still mostly standing, except for a few cracks and burn marks on the walls. Reena’s quarters were untouched because they stood separately from the main house. I could see that parts of the house were still standing.
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