A Hope in Hell - Neil Gaiman

Klaus

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Choronzon: Sss, you know the rules, Dreamlord? If you win, I will return your helmet. If you lose, you will ssserve as play thing of Hell, for eternity. Our ssslave. Very well. I have the first move. I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.

Dream: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. And I feel the grass beneath my hooves, the flanks between my legs.

Choronzon: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.

Dream: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.

Choronzon: I am a snake, spider-devouring, poison-toothed.

Dream: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed. I feel the snake writhe beneath my hoof, its spine crushed.

Choronzon: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.

Dream: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.

Choronzon: I am a nova, all-exploding… planet-cremating.

Dream: I am the Universe—all things encompassing, all life embracing.

Choronzon: I am anti-life, the beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds… of everything. And what will you be then Dreamlord?

Dream: I am hope.
 
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