it’s easy when it’s true<\/a>” and it was suddenly clear. <\/p>\nI couldn’t write about Samael sharing Mara because it isn’t true. Samael wouldn’t share her with anyone. She is his. He is hers. They belong to each other. <\/p>\n
They might desire other people, but really? They are one. <\/p>\n
People have an inner Truth, even if they don’t know what it is. So do stories, as it turns out. And telling the stories is easy when it’s true. <\/p>\n
Or easier, anyway.
\nI suspect it’s never really easy.
\nMost things aren’t. <\/p>\n
And figuring out what is True?
\nWell.
\nMaybe that’s not so easy, either. <\/p>\n
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