You see why I used to consider it all metaphor. Our myths map so elegantly upon such mundane things. Jealousy between brothers, the complexities of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. Humans' fear of death and change... [And there had been a part of him that had dismissed it because of this very mundanity, he knows now. Placing himself above it all, until...]

The story of Cain and Abel - do you know the one? I assume you must.