”There is something ominous behind the silence...”
Don’t shoot the messenger....but the surveyor? He’s apparently free game....
Why did we just kill a man? “Never kill a man who says nothing...there is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.”
This terror of silence—a land invaded by men of another tongue and figure. Ominous is the perfect word to describe it—every syllable that escapes their mouth is unpredictable and indecipherable. There is no negotiation of intention, no barter of ideas, only constant babble, or worse, silence. This man who was killed was the first man of a long line. They came to explore, evangelize, or conquer. The nature of silence demands the opposite of haste. One must sit, watch, and wait; not immediately jump to action. To do so, in this circumstance, was to stir a brood of people up to arms. These two tribes of men from far-different cultures and homes had crossed paths, blood had been shed, and nothing would ever be the same. Even blood calls up from the ground. Silence is ominous enough in itself, but consequences of breaking it may be just as terrifying.
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Don’t shoot the messenger....but the surveyor? He’s apparently free game....
Why did we just kill a man? “Never kill a man who says nothing...there is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.”
This terror of silence—a land invaded by men of another tongue and figure. Ominous is the perfect word to describe it—every syllable that escapes their mouth is unpredictable and indecipherable. There is no negotiation of intention, no barter of ideas, only constant babble, or worse, silence. This man who was killed was the first man of a long line. They came to explore, evangelize, or conquer. The nature of silence demands the opposite of haste. One must sit, watch, and wait; not immediately jump to action. To do so, in this circumstance, was to stir a brood of people up to arms. These two tribes of men from far-different cultures and homes had crossed paths, blood had been shed, and nothing would ever be the same. Even blood calls up from the ground. Silence is ominous enough in itself, but consequences of breaking it may be just as terrifying.
I commented on Becca and Caroline’s
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