Shao smiles viciously saying "I asked to play a game with God, Burn down the Temple, claim the lives of our fellow villagers. Only you, my elder brother stood in the way of our game. Now you're abandoned and accepted nowhere, are these the filthy humans were taught to love and forgive?"

Shenzi stays silent listening to Shao.

"It's been a Century hasn't it Shenzi, do your old eyes still see the so-called beauty of our world?"

Shao smiles disdainfully "A hero who saved the lives of our villagers. Cursed by sin for interrupting the god's

game. No place to call home, all you do is wander this world cast away like an abandoned dog."

Shenzi shakes his head with a sigh, "Shao, my younger brother. Aran took us in when we were just immature brats. Our parents were captured during the war. We were lucky to run away, and be adopted by a loving father. Aran was the father that loved us. He treated us just the same as a family."

Shao bursts out in rage, "Silence what bullshit are you talking! Loved us like family, treated us equally? Bullshit Shenzi, our so-called father, always favoured you. Ever since you turned 13, you were appointed to be the Temple's successor the next Temple head. Ever since young you read the scriptures, Learned about the outside world. Not once I got the chance to read those god damned scriptures!"

That so-called god finally answered my call that night. Whispering into my ears "My child I am the manifestation of all your hate. You have the heart of a beast, but your mind is clear and unfazed. You're a rare sapling growing up in this backwater country. I will give you the unworldly power to begin your massacre don't disappoint me, my son."

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The manifested god spurs Shao on like a fast-acting poison. "Tonight everyone will fall into a hypnotized state. The villagers will gather like pigs to the slaughterhouse to the Temple tonight. My child has to do, burn down the Temple claiming the lives of everyone. Draw this diagram and allow their blood to accumulate into a red fog. This will stop outsiders from getting in, and insiders from getting out."

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At this time Shenzi is 13 years old writing in his diary. A short story that will be called The Lonely Wanderer. With nothing but an oil lamp to light his room, Shenzi's room lights up like the morning sun. In shock, Shenzi looks out to see black fog from his window, coming from the direction of the village's temple.

Shenzi runs out leaving the ink pen on his diary. With the last of his story written untold to the world. Shao's manifested "god" comes out from the shadow of Shenzi's bed. Picking up Shenzi's diary the "god" smiles and mutters to himself, "The Lonely Wanderer, a beautiful piece. I will give you the chance to become as such"

Darkness is ignorance, and knowledge is light. Sadly Shenzi will not have the chance in the future. To be able to mourn the mistake he has made but then again, how would Shenzi know a demon was lurking in the shadows?

Shenzi runs through the forest, stepping on twigs along the way. Without any feeling of pain, Shenzi's blood is the path forward through the fear he feels. Unsure of the well being of his family and friends. Shenzi's "way of life" Is simple, dying doesn't make the world dead to us, Losing family and loved ones make the world dead to us.