TITLE:  Esurience
AUTHOR:  bcfan 
FEEDBACK:  bcfan@shaw.ca
SUMMARY:  155 word mid-episode
SPOILERS:  Tooms
RATING:  PG
DEDICATION:  to Sybil, my ever-patient and generous beta 

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I am the tragic hero in a novel that no one wants to read.

Unique in the universe, I ask only for my timeless life to be 
undisturbed during its feeding cycle.  And it's starvation 
time again.  I'm plagued by incessant thoughts of food and 
eating.   Some might consider my behaviour esurient, but 
to me this long-drawn-out ritual is as natural as the 
inexorably moving clock that governs my life. 

Why must these social burdens be forced upon me, a god 
among mortals?

So I stalk the stalker, much like a proud lion must 
sometimes turn and swat down a usurper.  I could kill him 
and feast - but there might be unwanted consequences.  
Instead, I cleverly frame him, playing the victim.  And 
some think I have no self-control.

I know the path back to his shabby abode - I'll return for him 
in the next cycle.  The harvest will be all the sweeter 
for the wait.



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