FEAR- AGGREGATE, PROCESS, CACHE AND SERVE

I find out what scares you.  I collect it.  I study it.  I save it.  And when the time is wrong, I dispense it in large doses.  That's what I do.  It's not on purpose, it is my purpose.

Is it faint scratching under your bed as you try to find comfort in sleep?  Is it the open door at the end of a dark hallway?  Is it glowing eyes in the moonlit night, watching you as you watch them?  Is it the realization that no matter who you are, or how much you have, everyone dies alone?

Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you...right away.  That would defeat the purpose; my purpose.  I'm going to play with you a little first.  I'm going to bat your nerves around like a paralyzed mouse.  I'm going to show you some love.  After all, you're helping me achieve my goals.

You may even get to know me a little before you perish.  I may even let you live, if only to serve me.  Hey, it's probably a higher calling than you had before!

But I'm not ready yet.  I've just been shown my new life.  My story is just beginning.  Shit, I just got my logo!  Wanna see it?

Shut up (By the way, when I say this, it's not like an angry order.  It's more of a preemptive defensive quip said to deflect possible unflattering thoughts or remarks.).  Anyway, I don't care if you like it, but your approval might increase your odds of living when we meet.

You might be saying, 'How is this in any way related to Bad Ass Sci Fi?  This sounds more like an aimless digression into hack horror.'.  Shut up.  I mean it this time.  I am the linchpin, the lodestone at the center of the universes of Halteres and Opposable.  Others may disagree (stupid Plato and Patton), but believe me, there is no hope for a happy ending without me.  Irony!

So, if we should ever meet, you should just let me kill you, or 'enlist' you.  Offer yourself to me.  You'll be helping the planet.  You'll be a f**king hero!  You're welcome.

Now leave me alone, I'm aggregating a book.