The Spider’s Silver Thread
A translation of Akutagawa’s ‘Kumo no Gin Ito,’ an unpublished version of his similarly-titled short story. Its structure is much the same, but the roles of the sinner and savior have been swapped.
I’m Reading…
One morning, while the Radiant One walked along his paths, his light shone on a spider in torment below the world. She was rightfully feared for her greedy snares, but in her one act of kindness, she freed a tireless fisherman from her webs…
I’ve Read…
A silver net was cast down to pull the spider up, but when she tried to take her caught prey with her, the net tore at the weight, coming apart with only a single thread left intact. The Radiant One left with his light as noon approached, believing her lost. But the spider still clung desperately to that dangling, unraveling thread. **Effect: **Confounding Parable **Mastery: **Lesson: Transcendence & Ascendance
Aspects
- Mystery: Lantern 6
- Subject: Transcendence & Ascendance
- Codex
- Readable
- Thing
- Skolex Menagerie