Apocrypha of the First, Chapter II

Now, you are down there, and I am up here. I have the power, the bucket, and you are the one begging. I want you to beg me, not to curse me, that’s why I didn’t even approach the well the first two days. I didn’t want you to think that I was the one who pushed you down there. For you, I am going to be the one who keeps you alive. I am going to be water, bread, hope, your only chance that you will not sleep your last sleep cuddling around the skeleton of my...