Lord of the Dawn
“I am coming.”
“Who are you?”
It was night in the Arabian Desert, night, as the traveler warmed himself at the nomads’ campfire.
He would only say three words. “I am coming. I am coming.” He said them over and over. The nomads were kind to him, that night, as they thought he was tired, and not in a right state of mind, and they believed he would answer their questions in the morning.
In the morning, one of the nomads, Gad, a little boy, dared ask the traveler that fateful question, yet again. “Who are you?”
The traveler did not respond. He simply told the boy that he was coming, and then wrapped himself in a cloak he had been given, and walked away. He did not take any provisions.
As the traveler passed over a sand dune, and out of sight, Gad shrugged, and turned away.
***
Three days latter, that same traveler appeared at the gates of Yamama. He was ragged, and the guards at the gates had an odd feeling, that they shouldn’t let him in, but they did so anyway.
The traveler made his way to an inn, and had a hearty meal, but spoke no words. He handed over coins, took his food, and reached his bed, all without the slightest whisper. In the morning, he headed for the Place of the Judges, their palace, where they passed judgment over the people. Somehow, against all logic, the strange traveler was allowed in.
He was led to a private room, by a guard who knew not why he had been ordered to take the traveler there. The traveler collapsed in a chair, and waited.
A few minutes latter, David, Judge of the Minyan, walked through the door.
“You followed your tasks,” he said. “You spoke to the little boy, with only the words of a madman. You spent the night at the inn, without speaking. I can trust you.”
The traveler spoke then, and normally. “I am glad I did not do this all in vein,” he said. “Praise be YHWH, that I did not do this all in vein.”
“Now that I know you are true,” said David, “tell me how the New Order is being implemented. Tell me how the corruption of this nation is being routed out.”
And so he was told.
And so, David smiled.
OOC: Weird story, I know. I couldn't think of anything to write about.