Idle Days

It is uncertain how many a time such a case occurs in the waning and waxing of the moon's countenance, but on certain days, when the listlessness of the world bares down upon men and women, and in especially the young women, girls they are called, they gather round gaily lit places to look upon the blue sky and watch as the clouds to and fro places unknown. They, like all of humanity, have the innate desire to attain happiness and cast aside the chains of the burdens and toils of living. This comes easy for the girls, for their restlessness and desires are not ignored; certain things watch them, and these certain things come to them, like the Jinn to a thirsty travel in vast sandy plains, asking of their desires and wishes, and seeking for a malign barter with the witless young women for magic ineffable. Inevitably, such barter would lead to their demise.

But no longer does this have to be. It is uncertain when the change for occur, for when a young girls look upon the sky in the heat of a midsummer afternoon, where listlessness and tiredness of the world is abound, and all the wonders of the worlds have gone gray, a great beholder gazes down upon them. And when their desires come to the point that they wish for magic to give color to their lives, no longer must they fear and despair, for the malign exchange has no hold.

Yes, all of those who live will look up to the case during the days were their hearts have grown tired of the colors of world, and for those who seek magic and have found it, no longer need pay a price they could not pay, for they have been paid for in full, and they are being looked over by a shepherd beyond the ken of the stars and moons who are older than the world. For they are not alone, and the watcher will be by their side so long as magic is the desire of those who look up to the sky.