Gamayun: I am going to tell you everything that will ever happen...

Gamayun: I am going to tell you everything that will ever happen to you.

Ivan Nikolayevich: Why would you do such a terrible thing?

G: Because I have to make sure things happen the way they happen.

I: You frighten me.

G: Yes.

I: I don’t understand. I want to understand.

G: You will. Before the end. You will. You always do.

I: Then why do things happen the way they happen? If I understand it I can change it. Is it your fault? Do you stop me from changing it?

G: They happen because Life consumes everything and Death never sleeps, and between them the world moves. Winter becomes spring. And every once in a while, they act out a strange, sad little pantomime, just to see if anyone has won yet. If the world still moves as it used to. Like a passion play. Like a sacrifice. It is certainly not my fault.

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N.B. Gamayun is a prophetic bird of Russian folklore. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge… and is normally depicted as a large bird with a woman’s head.

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