The Divide
When the world was young and people new to it, twins played in the forest.
They ran and laughed, jumping over logs and through the brush, revelling in the innocence that defined them.
They came to a clearing.
Sunlight danced off the grass in this clearing. The fire-headed twin stepped forward, entranced.
"Kore," called her sister with the wheat-colored tresses, "come back. There's a cave we can explore!"
Kore did not hear her sister. She kept walking, until she stood under the full force of the sun. She felt a lazy ecstasy cover her entire self as her skin drank up the light. She reached for her twin.
"The light is beautiful, Umbra," she called. "Join me!"
Umbra looked fearfully up at the light. It did not seem welcoming to her, but she went everywhere with her twin. The
