The Life of a Shifter
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 111635
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"Coo," says the pigeon. "This is Fred," says Jenny, cheerily, "Well, another Fred. He's you, and you're him, and we are all together goo goo goo goo g'joob. Or something like that, anyhow. I'm a tad hazy on the details. But he's here to help. I think. He's not terribly clear on the matter." "Yes..." I say, "Yes, I'm Fred, aren't I? I remember now." The dank damp walls of the cavern stretch above me, curving to a point above. My back aches something dreadful, an insistent, unpleasant feeling. Snippets of thought flash across my mind, and I couldn't rightly say whose they were. Unfamiliar thoughts, with cadence strange to the inside of my mind. I gasp. "Yes," Jenny smiles, fondly, "It's quite something, isn't it?" "So many thoughts," I say, "They're so..." I flail for the words. "Multifaceted? Incandescent? Complex?" says Jenny. "Beautiful," I say. "Coo," agrees Fred the pigeon, the other me. "Look," I say, "Are you actually relevant to the story, or are you..." I trail off. "What?" I say, my brow furrowing. "Ah, yes," Jenny says, "I forgot to mention, you might find yourself becoming a little more... meta-aware. It sorta comes with the job, I'm afraid. Depending, of course." My head reels as whole new concepts flood my mind, a website of infinite potential, and many branching storylines, open source characters and forums and some odd writer bird that goes by the name Mole Swarton or something, and... and... Other-Fred, pigeon-Fred, interrupts my train of thoughts. No more does he speak in the language of pigeons, but he has turned to the tongue of Jenny and I, a language frequently known as English, "Ah," he says, and his voice is suave and sinister, "I see you have noticed that I have not been at all relevant to the chapter. That is, I have been somewhat absent from the dialogue, and narration, and have largely been incidental, despite being the dramatic thing which led into this story from the last. But you see, I have simply been biding my time, waiting for the right moment to reveal my true identity. For I am, in fact...
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