A Billion Billion Stories
- An excerpt of a poem attributed to the skald Rishi Brage, depicting the uniting of the planet Puluhan with the whalers of Dynae. First published by Häl Gillmin of the “Beacon Times” in the article, "The Puluhan Report"
A billion billion stories
All valid and profound
Yet all are left so meaningless
Without the gifted sound
Brave but without bearings
Amidst the endless sea
Their ears begin to listen
Their eyes can finally see
Old causes once worth dying for
With reason sparse and thin
Divided, now united
As they find a greater kin
The peoples of a planet,
Not lost, but not yet found
Their minds and hearts now open
As they hear the gifted sound
The Whai begin to offer
The wisdom they have learned
The peoples given knowledge
And in kind they do return
United by their difference
And stories of their pain
And though they all do differ
Their purpose is now the same
The Whai grow ever stronger
New allies they embrace
Uniqueness celebrated
Amidst this varied race
A billion billion stories
All valid and profound
And all will find true meaning
When they hear the gifted sound
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