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Prima materia

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Not good enough for basically anything, as it stands (Makyo 2020-06-08)

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Calcination

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They say the fire cleanses + That it purifies. +Then, cool fire, soft fire, + Cleanse and purify me. +Blanket my shoulders + And sing me to sleep. +Sing the fox to sleep + And let her rest +Content in the work she has done + And the lives she has touched. +They say the fire cleanses + That it purifies. +Then, cool fire, soft fire, + Sing me to sleep.
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Dissolution

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Sweet as honey, spiced with time, + You were me, and I you. +Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years, + I bless your memory. +You who were me, + I lay you aside to rest. +To over-age is to spoil, + And you are not spoiled. +Sweet mead to dance on the tongue, + Soft fox to dance through time. +Sweet as honey, spiced with time, + You were me, and I you. +Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years, + You are at your finest.
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Separation

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With your sigil, + I draw you from my heart. +With your name, + I consign you to memory. +With your words, + I draw you from my breath +With your voice, + I sing you to peaceful sleep, +Ever soft and white in winter, + Ever svelte and gray in summer. +With your sigil, + I draw you from my heart. +With your name, + I commit you to dearest memory.
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Conjugation

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I dedicate my life + To the memory of you: +Long passed though you may be, + That memory will burn fiercely. +To the east, I wash with air, + That the wind be with you. +To the South, I wash with fire, + That the sun warm your fur. +To the West, I wash with water, + That the stream be cool beneath your paws. +To the north, I wash with earth, + That your den may blossom in spring. +I dedicate my life + To the memory of you.
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Fermentation

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Feed, dear fox eat, + For the meal was prepared by you. +I bless this meal + That you be sustained by your work. +Feed, dear cat, eat, + Sup of the love that was left for you. +I bless this meal, + That we may learn the lessons of the fox, +For she has prepared this for you: + Bread for beginnings, mead for endings. +Feed, dear cat, eat, + For the meal was prepared for you. +I bless this meal + That you be sustained by her work.
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Distillation

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“We are not so different, you and I,” + Said the cat to the fox. +“We come from the same essence, + Two vintages from the same vineyard.” +“Our fur is soft and thick, true,” + Said the fox to the cat. +“We are hardy, and weather cold. + We travel, hunt, and survive, +But my time is passed and yours begun. + Go with my blessing.” +“We are not so different, you and I,” + Said the cat to the fox. +“We come from the same essence, + Two children of the same eternal mother.”
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Coagulation

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Step forth, Uncia, hale and whole, + For you are truly born this day. +Alopex has gone to sleep and rest, + Dancing now only in dreams and stories. +See the world with new eyes, + For all this is yours. +Smell the air, taste bread and cool water. + Feel the earth beneath your paws. +Know the limits of your body, + And remember always this pain. +Step forth, Uncia, hale whole, + For you are truly born this day. +Alopex has gone to sleep and rest, + Dancing now only at need.
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Anima mundi

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Out of the flames, into the light, + I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy. +Makyo Alopex sleeps now, + A fetch to call at need. +Non sum qualis eram, + I am not who I was. +Ranna, Astarael, Alopex, + Majo, Younes, Happenstance. +When viewed through the lens of Makyo, + I am my own magnum opus. +Out of the flames, into the light, + I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy. +Makyo Alopex sleeps now, + Not forever, but for now.
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Overflowing with words

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In ally

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