Title:  Esurience


Author:  bcfan 


Email:  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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Esurience


by bcfan








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.








END