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August, 2015
New York City
“I am the archetype of transformation. I am Hermes, I am Loki, I am Coyote.”
His human name was Edward Caine and he loved hearing himself say, “I am Coyote, the creator of the world.” But today he would be Coyote the Trickster.
Edward Caine waited patiently for the battle to begin. The sky was clear and the morning already warm. By noon it would be hot and humid but by then it would no longer matter. He smiled to himself. This was a milestone in his life—4000 years of prodding humanity forward, of shaking humans from their complacency. The event he planned for today was magnificent, and worthy of Hermes, messenger of the Greek gods; of Loki, the Norse god of fire; and of Coyote, the Lakota creator of the world. And why not, he thought. Are they not come al
