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People say that what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. While they aren’t wrong, they aren’t exactly right either. When we are young, getting hurt and sick was part of the job description. We were supposed to fall when taking our first steps. We were supposed to get sick and learn how to heal ourselves. We were supposed to have nightmares to enjoy our dreams. We were supposed to experience disappointment to enjoy our victories. We were supposed to have trails to understand peace.
But, They changed all of that when They arrived.
Ever since They came to Our world, We had to accommodate to Their rules instead of Them following Our laws and Our rules and accommodate for Our culture. Despite Our...no, despite the attempts of those in positions of power, They took Our temples, Our culture, and Our way of life and destroyed it all. We, the people, tried hard to keep Our ways alive while being forced to obey Their laws. This was short lived. As We became more and more desperate to follow the ways of Our ancestors, They doubled down and even tripled Their efforts. We eventually had to go underground. Now, Our culture has all but retreated into the shadows. Now only the adults could follow as We don’t want Them to find out and fully destroy Our culture.
Years have passed since They had fully taken over Our home. I had grown up under the new system, but even I had to agree it was stupid and unfair to us. The following are some of the many laws they placed on us.
- Falling down is illegal
- Any form of breaking of the skin (scrapes, bruises, cuts, etc) is illegal
- Getting sick is illegal
- Feeling angry is illegal
- Feeling sad is illegal
- Feeling happy is illegal
- Feeling any feeling is illegal
- Having sexual intercourse is illegal
- Having fun is illegal
The laws are a bit of a joke. It was as though They didn’t want us to enjoy the life presented to us by the Gods. No one except for Them were even slightly alright with these rules and methods to ‘ensure’ peace between Us and Them. There were several attempts over the years to overthrow Them and bring back the ways of the Gods. Every attempt was only met with the ‘D’ word, and everyone part of the attempts were ‘K’ word.
I chose to not associate with such people. My life was too important to me to throw away like that. I was content with the life I had led. Plus, ‘D’-ing and meeting the Gods before I fulfilled my duty here in the land of the ‘L’-ing didn’t sit well with me. But that’s a story for another time.