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They say when Life breathed a little of its infinite self into us, it claimed our empty vessels as its own and wove a few rules into the fabric of our souls. As living things, our first rule is to treat one's gift of life as the most precious treasure one could ever be given. Adherence to this rule is not difficult, as all begin with the innate desire to live and continue living. We simply wish to live, even if we do not understand why. The only ones who can disobey this rule are the ones who tear themselves apart, dig into the depths of their very being and wrench that rule away from their soul, instantly crushing the fragile vial of life and ceasing to exist as a living thing. Ceasing to live inside, at the very least, though most are driven to suicide soon enough. The alternative option to the disobeying of rule number one is to have somebody else rip you apart, through sheer physical and emotional torture tear your flesh and mind into separate pieces and throw the remains into the darkness to burn. But most lack the courage to do this to another human being, due to the putting in place of rule number two. Rule number two is somewhat similar to its brother, yet not similar at all. It involves the treating of other lives as precious and the treating of life as a whole as a certain kind of tie, a bonding that goes beyond blood and artificial relationships. As living beings, as moving, thinking, vessels of such powerful and important a force of nature, it is unsurprising that this force cannot be fully split by Life simply breathing sections of itself into separate vessels. Life remains as an entity. It cannot ever be split and hence, we humans are bonded by the ties of life itself. We are family. And the second rule is to treat each other as family, as a loving family. We must care, we must protect, we must love. But adherence to this rule, in contrast to rule number one, is difficult. Very difficult. While Life was weaving the rules into our living souls, the very ones that Life had just put bits of itself into, a piece of Death's shadow detached itself and wrapped its body around the soul, just as rule number one had been successfully woven into it. Contrary to common belief, Darkness does not always have a dark exterior. It can be as transparent as glass or as invisible as air or as bright as the sun but ultimately, it is dark, darker than raven feathers and endless caves and starless midnight, dark beyond what one can imagine until you peer inside. Unseen, Life attached rule number two on top of it, letting this piece of shadow forever act as a thin barrier between a living soul's decisions and Life's rule of treating every piece of Life as precious and to be protected. Hence, it is only seldom that the screams of the second rule, binded tightly around the soul but simply not tightly enough, are adhered to, not when the piece of shadow spends every waking moment whispering tales of temptation and selfish pleasure, which ultimately do end up bringing many souls to its master.
But the most important thing? Is what will happen when you disobey these two rules. They say that the threads Life used were strong, strong and tough and unbreakable. And the rules that currently wrap themselves around your soul, would not hesitate to crush that insignificant little thing. If its owner was to push too far.
But this is just what they say.
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It's just another step.
And just another fall.
Perhaps, it's nothing at all.
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