How Three-Eyed Cąȶ Meet Their Match
After Deity brought Death to Three-Eyed Cąȶ, they left to work. Death and Three-Eyed Cąȶ watched each other without speaking for a long time.
"Would you like to play a game?" Three-Eyed Cąȶ finally asked.
Death said nothing.
"Do you know any games?" Three-Eyed Cąȶ asked.
Still Death did not speak. Just as Three-Eyed Cąȶ became bored easily, so did they anger easily. They began to hiss and yowl at Death, who still remained silent.
"You are boring!" Three-Eyed Cąȶ said.
Death tilted its head, but still did not speak. Growing angrier still, Three-Eyed Cąȶ began to curse and pace around Death. They knew they could not just leave Death since Death was a gift from Deity, but Three-Eyed Cąȶ didn't understand why Death just stared at them and didn't speak. Finally, Three-Eyed Cąȶ tried to pounce on Death, but Death took one step to the side and Three-Eyed Cąȶ missed it. Never before had Three-Eyed Cąȶ missed what they aimed at. So, they tried again and again, but each time they missed Death. This continued for many hours and then many days until Three-Eyed Cąȶ grew tired.
Collapsing, Three-Eyed Cąȶ panted in exhaustion. Death stood over Three-Eyed Cąȶ, silent. It had not spoken once since Deity brought it forth. As Three-Eyed Cąȶ stared into Death's eyes, they realized something.
"Can you speak?" Three-Eyed Cąȶ asked.
Three-Eyed Cąȶ had never thought about the fact that Death had been Deity's shadow. Shadows did not talk. Death shook its head and Three-Eyed Cąȶ saw that Death was not rude, but that it could not talk. Sitting up, Three-Eyed Cąȶ thought for a moment then pulled out their tongue, since they knew their tongue would grow back in few minutes. Offering their tongue to Death, Three-Eyed Cąȶ waited. Hesitantly, Death took the tongue and placed the tongue in its mouth. When Three-Eyed Cąȶ tongue grew back and Death had its own tongue, Death spoke its first words.
"This tongue tastes like fur."