HOLOCENE BLUES

WRETCHED CREATURE

FEAR THE LARVAE BELOW YOUR FEET

FOR THEY WILL RIP YOUR SKIN TO SHREDS

FLAY YOUR FLESH

AND DEFILE YOUR SACRED FORM IN WAYS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN

THEY WILL USE YOUR BONES AS PRIMITIVE TOOLS

TO SLAY YOUR OWN KIN

BEWARE

ALWAYS LOOK BELOW

They came crawling out of the sea - as our own forefathers, millions of years ago, crawled out of the primordial soup to stake out their claim on land, so did they.

But this primordial sea was far less familiar than the one in human infancy - the polar caps had turned into nothing but black ice and sludge. The oceans had long since lapped up the bountiful costal towns of nations past. The sea itself grew unfamiliar to the foolish species that believed they had it tamed - storms roared, more unfamiliar in their strength and patterns with each passing year.

Inland seas swelled, consuming whole swaths of continents in their path. Others dried up, leaving nothing but dust. Perhaps these chaotic conditions is what allowed the challenger of humanity’s wake to rise.