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==The Origins of the Mhun== | |||
As told by Bhahren: | |||
Ever have we suffered, and grown strong from our survival. | |||
It was the time of the great unknowing. All was ignorance and instinct, and | |||
some practiced cruelty without knowing what they did. Some of those with | |||
cruelty practiced upon them died in protest. Some protested, with neither | |||
language nor understanding, and found freedom. Some sensed the safety in | |||
submission, and these were our forefathers. | |||
Imagine a young fox with a newly-caught rabbit, devouring leisurely. When the | |||
wolf comes, hungry and lazy, it has merely to snap at the fox and soon it has a | |||
rabbit of its own. The fox leaves, half-fed and frightened. In time, the wolf | |||
may follow the fox when it is hungry, for this is an easier way to feed. All | |||
the while, the fox grows strong from the hunt, and labors because it sees | |||
naught else it can do. | |||
So it was with us, in all things. The other mortals kept us fed and safe as it | |||
pleased them, and for them we worked and bled. For uncounted years did this | |||
continue, and we grew faster, and learned more quickly than the others, not | |||
through Divine will but through our own toil. We labored on, later constructing | |||
great temples and mines for the benefit of others. There was no God to speak | |||
for us, no Goddess to rescue and soothe. We were unloved, and depended only on | |||
one another. | |||
As we lifted the heavy stones, we grunted, "Mun." As we cried at night from our | |||
wounds, we whimpered, "Mun." And later, as we railed against our captors, as we | |||
were different and a stronger people, we cried "Mun!" in tortured pride. We are | |||
the Mhun, and those who would drive us as animals again will come to learn | |||
regret. | |||