I took two bites of a pecan tazzy last night. I think there must be peanuts lurking in there somehow. Got a migraine for the first time in months. I wonder if extremely hard runs make me more susceptible. Definitely did that yesterday for the first time in a while. Cooper's Rock 10K. Extremely hilly. Too hilly. Didn't care for that much up and down. Disliked the downhills as much even as they were too steep downhill. Might have to not do that one next year.

Being sick, I pulled out the Dark Crystal for close to the hundredth time. Tried to say the lines ahead of time. But still manage to miss so much. And hypothesize this is related to not being a writer really. That so much detail I don't remember. And why don't I remember it? Because I'm so critical. Because I don't just soak it all in. I critique constantly and reject stuff. Maybe maybe not.

"Another world, another time,.....
For the crystal cracked and a single shard was lost and strife ruled the land.
whimper, whimper, "I hate your whimper"
The skeksis with their....
They gather..... Today the ceremony brings no comfort. An emperor lies dying.
He is still alive. He is still emperor.
Bow! Down!
No! I'm still emperor. I'm.... I'm... I'm... Ahhh!
Chamberlain you should be emperor. Yes it's time to make my move!
It should be me! Chamberlain No! Stop! You can't!
Get back spit head!
I challenge. Trial by sword!
Hmmm trial sword!
Yes, me! The emperor! Now, bow down to me!

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I should have told you these things long ago and now there isn't time.
Jen, we may meet again in another world, but not in this one.
Wait, don't leave me.
Accept these gifts, accept them serenely.
Give strength to Jen's quest.
I can't do this! OK I will do this!
Hmmm, look like gelfling. But can't be gelfling! garthim kill them all. Are you gelfling!
Yes, I'm looking for Ogra.
...Are you afraid of me? Think Im going to eat you? Put him down. Boushay boushay.

Another world, another time. In the age of wonder. A 1000 years ago this land was green and good until the crystal cracked. For a single piece was lost. A shard of the crystal. Then strife began. And two new races appeared. The cruel Skeksis. The gentle Mystics. Here in the castle of the crystal. The Skeksis took control.

Now the Skeksis gather in the sacred chamber where the crystal hangs above a shaft of air and fire. The skeksis with their hard and twisted bodies. Their harsh and twisted wills. For a thousand years they have ruled. Yet now there are only ten. A dying race, ruled by a dying emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land. Today once more they gather at the crystal as the first sun climbs to its peak. For this is the way of the skeksis. As they ravage the land, so to they learn to draw new life from the sun. Today once more they will replenish themselves. Cheat death again, through the power of their source, their treasure, their fate, the dark crystal.

But today the ceremony of the sun gives no comfort. Today the emperor lies dying. Today a new emperor must seize the throne.

A thousand years ago the crystal cracked. And here far from the castle, the race of mystic came to live in a dream of peace. Their ways were the gentle ways of natural wizards. Yet now there are only ten. A dying race numbly rehearsing the ancient ways in a blur of forgetfullness. But today the ritual gives no comfort. Today the wisest of the mystics lies dying. Today they summon the one who must save them.

Ahhhh, AHHHHH, Ahhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhh, Ohhhhhh, Ahhhhhh, Ohhhh, Ummmmm, Ohhhhhhh.
Flute playing begins.
In the valley of the mystic their lives a gelflin Jen, The skeksis killed his family destroyed his clan. Only Jen survived to be raised by the wisest of the mystics. But there is a prophecy. A thousand years have past and now once more the world must go into a time of testing. Now it must be healed or pass forever into the rule of evil. At this time Jen is the chosen one. Today Jen's pipe gives no comfort for today his master lies dying. And a journey must begin. The journey of Jen.

Thunder and wind. Reoccuring theme song.

Master!? At the time when three suns meet.
Master what's wrong?
You are in danger Gelfling and I must leave you.
Leave me?
Master? No!
Gelfling I have told you of the Skeksis.
The Skeksis killed my mother and father.
The story runs deeper than you know and you are part of it.
I don't understand.
The skeksis will vow to destroy you for the prophecy says you must find the shard. The crystal shard.
The crystal shard?
To save our world you (DVD glitches....)