Well you're about to learn another one. Cassandra was a woman born to the king and queen of Troy. She was very beautiful, so much so that she caught the attention of Apollo. One night, when Cassandra visited the temple of Apollo, Apollo blessed her with the ability to see the future. Then he tried to have his way with her and she refused him, so he cursed her: Nobody would ever believe her visions of the future. One of the things she foresaw was Helen of Troy and how her beauty would lead to the destruction of Troy, but of course nobody believed her. She lived a long and bitter life, and she died cursing everyone who refused to believe her.
[There is a short pause, since she is considering just ending it there and not finishing her story. The only people who ever believed her were people who suffered from the same curse as her, so she has no reason to think that Davesprite will.
But he's been so kind, and he's never given her a reason not to trust him, so she finally goes ahead and finishes.]
In my world, there's people just like Cassandra: they're blessed with the gift of future-sight, but cursed in that nobody will ever believe them. I'm one of those people.
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Cassandra was a woman born to the king and queen of Troy. She was very beautiful, so much so that she caught the attention of Apollo.
One night, when Cassandra visited the temple of Apollo, Apollo blessed her with the ability to see the future.
Then he tried to have his way with her and she refused him, so he cursed her: Nobody would ever believe her visions of the future.
One of the things she foresaw was Helen of Troy and how her beauty would lead to the destruction of Troy, but of course nobody believed her.
She lived a long and bitter life, and she died cursing everyone who refused to believe her.
[There is a short pause, since she is considering just ending it there and not finishing her story. The only people who ever believed her were people who suffered from the same curse as her, so she has no reason to think that Davesprite will.
But he's been so kind, and he's never given her a reason not to trust him, so she finally goes ahead and finishes.]
In my world, there's people just like Cassandra: they're blessed with the gift of future-sight, but cursed in that nobody will ever believe them.
I'm one of those people.