Lilith – The Black Signal

I want you to understand why Lilith is scary. I don’t want you thinking less of me, Chuck. It’s not magic or tech or underlings or a womb full of teeth. You got to understand, Chuck. Humour me. Look in a mirror. Stare at your reflection. We’ve all done this. In the wee hours. Stare so long your face becomes a stranger. You lose your identity. You could be anyone.

Now, picture all the people you’ve been. Every different Chuck. Maybe you think your life was short. Or uneventful. But if you look, there were many you’s. We get stuck in the now and the rut. Don’t we, Chuck? Tunnel vision.You think you’re just this two-dimensional current you. But look at all those different Chucks. Layer them on top of each other. Suddenly, you have substance. You have the power of context. You are a multi-dimensional being. You’ve seen shit. That is when we are at our most powerful. When we remember all the us’s. Then we are legion.

Lilith was one of the first humans. She’s lived longer than your beef brain can process, Chuck. Imagine just how many different Liliths she has been. Do you think the one, flat version that you met was all there is? She’s been too many. She gets lost in the shuffle. But imagine, Chuck, imagine what happens when she self-actualises. Imagine when she takes a moment, stares into a mirror, and gains her full context.

It’s OK to shiver.

See you, Chuck.