Chapter 113
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters
To the demons; they poured out innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
And the land was polluted with blood
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—Psalms 106:37-38.
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NINSIANNA
"Ninsianna! Wake up!"
A golden hand reached towards her through the sludge. Ninsianna swam towards it, but the vile substance attacked it until the goddess' light began to fade. The current dragged her deeper. It felt as though someone had ripped her consciousness out of her body and dumped it into a river filled with excrement.
"Mother!"
Her voice was swallowed by the sickening darkness, empty and thick, with a discordant, erratic howl. The current dragged her until she could no longer see the light. On either side of th
