How Three-Eyed Cąȶ Meet Their Match

After Deity brought Death to Three-Eyed Cąȶ, they left to work.  Death and Three-Eyed Cąȶ watched each other without speaking for a long time. 

“Would you like to play a game?” Three-Eyed Cąȶ finally asked.

Death said nothing.

“Do you know any games?” Three-Eyed Cąȶ asked.

Still Death did not speak.  Just as Three-Eyed Cąȶ became bored easily, so did they anger easily.  They began to hiss and yowl at Death, who still remained silent.

“You are boring!” Three-Eyed Cąȶ said.

Death tilted its head, but still did not speak.  Growing angrier still, Three-Eyed Cąȶ began to curse and pace around Death.  They knew they could not just leave Death since Death was a gift from Deity, but Three-Eyed Cąȶ didn’t understand why Death just stared at them and didn’t speak.  Finally, Three-Eyed Cąȶ tried to pounce on Death, but Death took one step to the side and Three-Eyed Cąȶ missed it.  Never before had Three-Eyed Cąȶ missed what they aimed at.  So, they tried again and again, but each time they missed Death. This continued for many hours and then many days until Three-Eyed Cąȶ grew tired. 

Collapsing, Three-Eyed Cąȶ panted in exhaustion.  Death stood over Three-Eyed Cąȶ, silent.  It had not spoken once since Deity brought it forth.  As Three-Eyed Cąȶ stared into Death’s eyes, they realized something.

“Can you speak?” Three-Eyed Cąȶ asked.

Three-Eyed Cąȶ had never thought about the fact that Death had been Deity’s shadow. Shadows did not talk.  Death shook its head and Three-Eyed Cąȶ saw that Death was not rude, but that it could not talk.  Sitting up, Three-Eyed Cąȶ thought for a moment then pulled out their tongue, since they knew their tongue would grow back in few minutes.  Offering their tongue to Death, Three-Eyed Cąȶ waited.  Hesitantly, Death took the tongue and placed the tongue in its mouth.  When Three-Eyed Cąȶ tongue grew back and Death had its own tongue, Death spoke its first words.

“This tongue tastes like fur.”