God’s own gunslingers ~ Stephen King’s the Dark Tower
And on the 5th day God make the Hawk. From the darkness he summoned him into his court.
“To you oh Hawk I give these gifts: Wings like blades to cut the wind in pursuit, and talons with which to dispense my justice upon the earth.
The mere shadow of your wing will strike Terror into the heart of the staunchest of sparrows.
You will be a hated bird, but I grant to you the gift of Indifference by which to accomplish your task.
Far seeing wilt be thine eyes, but by them, though shalt be given a certain detachment. 1
But it is good. For the task I give to you will require it. To hunt and to kill, relentlessly, all the day long, from when mine Sun rises, until it sets.
I make you my ordained killer on the earth.
That the Kingdom of Mice shall not overrun the Kingdom of Man.
You will be the most solitary of my fowl, but in that solitude, I grant you wisdom and eyes from which to behold the truth of my mine earth.
Take wing then, let lose thy talons upon the darkness.” 2
- Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
- Bungie’s Destiny: Hawkmoon flavor text
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