As he delicately crept onto the back of the imposing beast, young Tarquin focused his mind on the words his mentor had said: “If you would command the eel, so too must you respect the eel. To get a feel for the eel takes nerves of steel, a warrior’s zeal, and a trust that’s real to seal the deal. OK, that’s my spiel.”
Reeled in by Sharon H. via Imgur.
Your story made me squeal.
Over, I did keel. Now I need to heal.
Five indie comic book writers are furiously creating their pilot pitches.
Seriously would like to know the backstory.
Is the turtle’s name Muad’Dib by chance?
🙂 The spice extends
life.
And he who controls the spice controls the universe.
I’m so glad I’ve found my people!!!! Geeks of the world unite.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of sapho that thoughts acquire speed,
the lips acquire stains.
The stains become a warning.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
I know it’s not in the books but I just love that mantra.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Yup. I’m in the right place.?.
I’m imagining Stilgar instructing Paul with Mike’s rhyme LOL!!
Definitely a do-not-scroll-down-to-the-picture-before-you-read-the-story post.
I’m out of my depth with this one.
I know it’s from the epic “Dune” series of books by Frank Herbert – apart from that, I’m treading water with you! 😀
Then there’s a pair of us! – Sh! Don’t tell – they’ll banish us, you know!?
I know that only two is allowed in a pair, but might I tag along?
I don’t “Dune”, but your quote sounds familiar.
I think it’s Emily Dickinson? It starts out “I’m a Nobody, who are you? Are you a Nobody, too? But of course you can tag along Duckie!
There’s a bog involved somewhere, I think. I can swim in a bog.
No matter how hard I’m trying, I cannot fight it, I must give in, so it’s squeal too 🙂
I will throw in: The worm is the Spice and the Spice is the Worm!
Does that turtle have blue eyeballs?
Is he supposed to???
It’s another reference to Dune.
? I might’ve known.