DIALOGUE BETWEEN A GNOME AND A PIXIE by Lumine00, literature
Literature
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A GNOME AND A PIXIE
PIXIE - Oh, you here, son of Sabatio? Which way are we off to? GNOME - My father sent me to find out whatever these human scoundrels are plotting, for he is quite suspicious of their not bothering us for a while, and of their not being spotted, not a one, in his whole kingdom. He doubts that they're not plotting some great trouble against him, unless - of course - they're back to buying and selling with sheep rather than with gold and silver; or that the civilized people are content with using paper for coin as they did many times before, or glass figurines of our forefathers like the barbarians did; or that the old Spartan laws are once again valid, which is, to him, the least believable option. PIXIE - “You shall wait for them in vain: they are all dead”, quoth the ending of a tragedy where the entire cast perished. GNOME - What is this deduction of yours? PIXIE - This deduction of mine is that humans are all dead, and their kind is lost. GNOME - Oh, these are news fit for