he fell from the sky; death incarnate on wings of silvery white. and the fire blazed and roared behind him and it was the sound of all her nightmares and all his dreams. he gripped the torch in one fearsome talon and set ablaze all he looked upon, even while his other talon brought swift death to any the flames didn't reach. and thus he eventually came upon her - tied and helpless like a sacrafice layed before him. and time stopped. every creature of the sky looked down and every creature of the sea looked up and all around the universe held it's breathe perched on the edge of oblivion. time stopped briefly....
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