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2018 Journal Entry – A transcript of an exchange between the Werewolf Goddess and me:
Julia said, "First Bound, I come bearing great news."
"I have no choice but to listen."
"What do you mean, 'No choice'?
"That’s the issue: I am like an ever-obeying unpaid butler."
"I forget at times. Right, listen: We've been breaking records as far as attendance by non-aligned spiritual movements around the world. A big record just broke in Belgium."
"What? Where?"
"Belgium, man!"
"I know where Belgium is Julia, but why there?"
"An Antwerp VJ with a six-pack has become enamored of me, and twenty-somethings are falling head over heels for me too because of his puppy dog crush."
"I'm going to pretend that I know what all of those terms mean."
"All you need to know is that we're going to go on a vacation to Belgium."
"What?!"
"My board of directors firing me was a blessing in disguise. A miracle in disguise."
"I know. That very public dismissal got you many believers around the world when they heard about it. Now that you have so many, you can walk without assistance again."
"On this trip though, let's have four people carry me around on one of those litters. No need for me to walk."
"We need to concentrate here, in America, if I may be so bold."
"Why's that? I like the idea of strolling around continental Europe. We'll spend Sunday and Monday in Paris. If it's Tuesday, we must be, we just have to be in Belgium, as that's the day that the festivities will start- "
"Again, if I may be so bold, we need to concentrate on one front at a time. You have ordered your pack of werewolf-followers to harass those individuals on the list you created. Your followers have been knocking people down, scratching up their cars -"
"Yes, that's been kind of fun. As Shakespeare said: 'Revenge is a dish best served cold.'"
"Some person in authority might discover a link between all these people. The link being you."
"Then maybe we should have the followers attack some innocent people as well to throw them off the- "
"What?! Innocents?!"
"Yes, we'll mix it up a little bit."
"Oh my God."
"What did you say to me, First Bound?"
"I'm sorry. Oh my goddess."
"Don't forget you place. Plus, don't worry about this whole vacation idea. That Belgian TV disc jockey, well, he's putting his old pop band back together."
"Again, I have no idea what you are talking about."
"He was part of a boy band in the late 1990s called "Seven Continents." There were seven members, each from one of the continents. He represented Europe. He's still pretty big."
"Antarctica was represented too?"
"Yes, a guy born at a science station. He played tambourine, but couldn't keep the beat if his life depended on it. He was a necessary part of the arrangement, yet no one listened to him."
"I can't imagine how that feels."
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