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Jun. 13th, 2007 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bellwetherThe world ended with a word.
When the word that ended the world was spoken, no one realized that the world had ended, least of all the speaker of the word. From all appearances, the world and everyone in it continued on as if the word had never been spoken. However, everyone in it was very, very wrong.
The speaker of the word was a boy, emerging from his annoying years, but already well into his awkward years. His sister would of course argue the former point, and would have, except that she was not part of this story. At least not yet, and seeing as the world was in the process of ending, she was not likely to ever come into the picture--but we are already getting ahead of ourselves.
The word.
There was nothing particularly special about the word. It was not unusual in the least, nothing to make one consult the Oxford English Dictionary, or sound out the syllables, rolling them over the tongue in different ways. In fact, it was such a simple word it might have been missed entirely. Except for the whole world ending part, that is.
When the word that ended the world was spoken, no one realized that the world had ended, least of all the speaker of the word. From all appearances, the world and everyone in it continued on as if the word had never been spoken. However, everyone in it was very, very wrong.
The speaker of the word was a boy, emerging from his annoying years, but already well into his awkward years. His sister would of course argue the former point, and would have, except that she was not part of this story. At least not yet, and seeing as the world was in the process of ending, she was not likely to ever come into the picture--but we are already getting ahead of ourselves.
The word.
There was nothing particularly special about the word. It was not unusual in the least, nothing to make one consult the Oxford English Dictionary, or sound out the syllables, rolling them over the tongue in different ways. In fact, it was such a simple word it might have been missed entirely. Except for the whole world ending part, that is.
