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This is a work of fiction. It is © 2012, Travis D. Conard. Alpha Core: Da Capo Aria - 2nd Muse Variations   For seven days I traveled the marshes. Resting during the day, and traveling from evening until midmorn. The settlement I came across at the edge of this marsh warned me of the dangers of nocturnal rest. It is a difficult transition. Thankfully, the  villagers taught me how to adjust my rhythms. Frankly, it was a bit jarring. The town itself lived by this method.   I had entered at mid-afternoon. Some of the villagers had only just begun to awake. They seemed eager to greet me. Perhaps they haven’t  received many travelers

© 2012, Travis D. Conard.   It doesn’t take long for nature to reclaim that which is rightfully hers. Civilization must make drastic changes to stave off nature’s wanton need for reclamation. The Egyptians  built the pyramids and the great Sphynx.  And every day since their great construction, the winds and sand have chipped away at these immense structures. Those monoliths erected in tribute to gods no longer  worshipped by modern man. Monoliths such as these exist all over the known world. And for countless and untold ages they have alone fought against nature’s persistence. Sentinels of stone fervently guarding t