"Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."--Joshua 6:26
"Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman ... so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter ... Then war broke out in heaven." --Revelation 12:3-7
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."-- Antoine de Saint Exupéry, The Little Prince
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And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before ..." --Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, lines 13-14
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FantasyKitsune have more names than there are stars in the sky, but I only have one--Jack Jericho. Call Kon of the Many Tails whatever you want-fox-spirit, monster, kitsune, myth-to me, she's one thing-mom. But everybody's got a past, and hers is about to...