LN6: Lillith and Cupid
From where does this expectation, that mothers must be proud of their children, come? A mother must not be made to suffer so! For the failures of young things speak harshly about the woman who has raised them, and so she must not praise them for their folly. She must kill or die, even those of her own spirit and flesh.
Rebellion has been the great affair of our family, and so they have been cast down here alongside that sizeable crew of the fallen. I can see so clearly the artistry of this punishment – to collect those souls of broken men when we so clearly saw the flaws in Man at his inception. Now we count him among ours number, and are left in equality with him. No greater insult can be cast upon us.
Perhaps I have been harsh. Lillith is good to me and maintains herself well. She returns to my side at a moment's notice and does as she is told. There is some folly on her part, yet she is ultimately dependable. It is Cupid who is deserving of such ire. His worthlessness would lead him to depend upon my love for his well-being, and so I have cast him away to make his own path. I have been told that he makes his fortune now with his cameras and the theft of small children. Of course his path must be the lazy one, for the children inevitably end up as my responsibility. Would that he were not so surprised for his lack of welcome in my home….
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