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And the Spirit of UL fled.
And there did Gorim abide and was brought meat by dragons
and water to drink by creatures unnamed. And the days and months
did rain down, and another year passed.
And again came UL unto Gorim and spake, saying, 'Abidest thou
still?'
And again Gorim fell upon his face, saying, 'Oh, my God, thy
people perish in the absence of thy care.'
And again did the spirit of UL flee from the righteous man.
And there still did Gorim abide, and food and drink were brought
unto him as an offering unto his holiness and his righteousness by
things that have no name and things that are unseen. And passed
yet another year.
And the Spirit of UL came again unto the high mountain where
Gorim abode, and the creatures monstrous, named and unnamed,
seen and unseen, made great moan.
And UL spake, saying, 'Rise, Gorim.'
And Gorim fell upon his face and spake, saying, 'Oh, my God,
have mercy.'
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And UL spake, saying, 'Rise, Gorim. I am UL - thy God, and I
command thee to rise and stand before me.'And reached he down
and lifted Gorim up with his hands.
'Then wilt thou be my God?' Gorim asked of UL, 'and God unto
my people also?'
And UL spake, saying, 'I am thy God and the God of thy people
also.#
And Gorim looked down from the high place whereon he had
abode and beheld the unseemly creatures which had fed him and
comforted him during his travail, and he spake unto the God UL,
saying, 'And what of these, oh, my God? Who will be God unto
the Basilisk and the Minotaur, the Dragon and the Chimera, the
Unicorn and the Thing Unnamed, the Winged Serpent and the
Thing Unseen?'
And the Spirit of UL spake not and was wroth.
'For also are these outcast, oh, my God,' quoth Gorim. 'The
younger Gods cast them out in thy despite because they were
monstrous and unseemly. Yet is there beauty in each. The scales of
the Basilisk are like jewels. The head of the Chimera is lofty and
noble. The Unicorn is of exceeding beauty, and its single horn is
intricately twisted and graceful. The wings of the Dragon are
majestic, and the body of the minotaur magnificent. Behold them,
oh, my God. Turn not thy face from them, for in them is great beauty
and delight unto the eye if thou be but willing to look. Unto thee
was each sent by the younger Gods and was told to seek thee out to
be their God. Who will be their God if thou turnest thy face from
them?'
'It was done in my despite,' quoth UL, 'and these monstrous
beings sent unto me to bring shame upon me that I had rebuked the
younger Gods. I am not God unto monsters.'
And Gorim looked upon his God and spake, saying, 'Oh, my
God, mayhap the space of a little time will give thee leisure to
reconsider. Yet will I abide here a little while, trusting in thy justice and
thine infinite mercy.' And so saying, he sat himself again upon the