“Ya know, if ya hug me back, I’ll le’ go sooner!”

Your mouth unzippers to reveal a gruesome smile.

Your head cants slightly to the right.

She was touching you. She was touching you--and it wasn’t awful. That bothered you. Her skin felt soft; she smelled like something you assumed to be sweet, and her flesh was warm to the touch.

Disgusting.

“ butta’! “

An eerie grin spreads across your nonexistent face.

“ hey you! wanna hear a joke? Knock knock “

        ❛ Do what you want to this vessel, darling. But whatever you dare do, my insides will also seep into that pathetic form of yours and D E V O U R you inside and out. I can’t wait. NO NO NO. I can’t wait to eat your tongue, your liver, your kidney. LET ME TASTE YOUR PATHETIC FORM.❜

   ANGRY GODS.  the essence of the feast.     a loud rumble through the vastness of THE    DEEP.       A hungering lure calling out the     strongest       and bravest to eat the apple of     eden… only to be devoured by the WORM.

Your maw opens slowly as the words ooze outward like tar.

“--I want yer insides. Let them seep inside of me; I don’t care! This body is only one of many; my reach is monumental. Not to sound all high and mighty, but I can do whatever I fuckin’ want. If I eat ya’s--I eat ya’s. We will become one. I’m ready for that kind of commitment.” Was she a God? A creature of immense power and fortitude? You wanted it--you wanted that power.