tamquam...alter idem

adam knew what sacrifice meant, more than he thought whelk or neeve had ever had to know. he knew that it wasn’t about killing someone or drawing a shape made of bird bones. when it came down to it, adam had been making sacrifices for a very long time, and he knew what the hardest one was. on his terms, or not at all. he wasn’t afraid.being adam parrish was a complicated thing, a wonder of muscles and organs, synapses and nerves. he was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival. the most important thing to adam parrish, though, had always been free will, the ability to be his own master. this was the important thing. it had always been the most important thing. this was what it was to be adam.

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