Perplexed & Without Direction or Answer

The great Lion lay casually on the stone stage of the Amphitheatre, waiting patiently as Puck approached from afar.

A rolling purr gave greeting to Puck, who bowed his head, sinking to the ground before him.

As was his manner, he gave time for him to speak his discontent - to unburden his concerns and ask then for his best counsel.

Puck confided: "I am perplexed and without direction or answer. So many men, and immortals too, have fallen to grave corruptions.

"Their choices are taking them straight into Hell, and once there they do not know how to escape its confines."

He paused. The Lion seemed to be considering what was being said, although it was not so easy to know this for sure as his eyes were closed all of the time Puck was speaking.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series