that Kronos gave chase to.
She was the slowest of us
even if by just a fraction.
I heard him behind her,
he was closing in!
I willed her to run faster
while I ran faster myself.
His hand reached out
closing around her
NO NO NO NO
In panic, she shoved her torch
into his face and as though
he had seen his own monster
he roared in fear and dropped her
and she scrambled to her feet and…
‘KRONOS!’
It was the voice of a dozen gorgons,
thunderous with frightening fury.
It was the sound of a hundred sirens,
screaming against the ocean wind.
It was the cry of a thousand harpies,
screeching before they descended on prey.
So primordial was this sound
that the three I had split into
were jarred back together as one.
The raging pain pulsed through
my whole body as I felt the other
two versions of me stitch themselves
back into my body again,
and I felt myself burn and stretch
