GĮFTS

 Olympus XA1 + Superia 400
Olympus XA1 + Superia 400

TAKE HEED. TAKE HEED. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE FRIENDS. THEY DAZZLED US WITH GIFTS AND KNOWLEDGE. THESE VISITORS. HOSPITALITY IS ALL THEY REQUESTED IN RETURN. WE OBLIGED. OUR EYES BLINDED BY THESE BOBBLES. A GOLDEN AGE FOR US THEY BROUGHT. IT WAS GLORIOUS. BUT GOLDEN AGES DO NOT LAST FOREVER — WE FLOURISHED WITH OUR FRIENDS. THE MORE THEY GAVE THE MORE WE GAVE BACK. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WE GAVE. WE TRADED SPIRIT FOR TIN TOYS. WE WERE THOUGHTLESS. WE DID NOT KNOW OURSELVES. BY THE TIME WE SAW WHAT WAS COMING IT WAS TOO LATE. WE ENJOYED OUR GOLDEN AGE AND NOW OUR CHILDREN MUST DEAL WITH WHAT COMES NEXT — COLOR WAS DRAINED FROM OUR WORLD. BEAUTY BLED FROM IT. ALL NATURAL RICHES WERE HARVESTED. OUR LAND SAPPED DRY. WE DWINDLED. WANDERED THE HUSK OF OUR HOME. WITNESSED ITS SLOW DEATH. WHEN THE LAST OF US CRUMBLED TO DUST OUR SO-CALLED FRIENDS LEFT FAT AND ONLY MORE RAVENOUS — A WARNING WE SEND: THESE VISITORS ARE NOT FRIENDS. THEY SMILE AND DECEIVE. THEIR GIFTS WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. DO NOT ACCEPT THEM. THEIR PRICE IS YOUR RUIN. DO NOT MAKE OUR MISTAKE. TAKE HEED. TAKE HEED. W̸͇̃Ë̶̛͈́̈́ ̸̹͇̓̋̈́͒̂T̴̠̔̋̈́H̷̨̧̨̠̪̅͒̈́O̴̼̒̕Ų̴̗̻̽͐G̷̖̮̲̖͛͝H̷̞̏̀̈́͆͝T̶̟̹͠ ̴̨̞͇̘͕̇͛͛̾T̶̘̲̱̪̗̋͐̊͘H̶͙͑̐͐̐̚ͅE̶̱̭̾̈̑̈́̚Y̶̨͎͋̓ ̷̬̗͌̐̑̉͜͠W̸̧͚̗̦̼̓E̶͍͉̪͈͛͊ͅŖ̵̡͍͉͂͛̏E̶̡͍̟͖̊̄ ̵̬̄̔ͅF̴̠͍̖̻͂ͅR̶̭̓̏̓͑Ȋ̸̡͍̻͔̂́͛̒E̵͎̟̗͌͂̋̇N̴̰̟̓̈́̏́̾D̷̢̩̖̟̫̊̃͋̆S̵̹̈́̃͛̊.̵̨̖̝̈́ ̴̨̳͐͊ͅT̷̘̅̃̂̇̒H̵̤̗͙̬͐Ę̵̀͋̉̂͠Y̶͕̿ ̷̫̫̺̫͊͑̎͜͝D̷̢̤̫͔̓̑͜Á̷͈̭̌Z̵͔̮̑̂̀̀̚Z̴͉̈́̆̔́̊Ĺ̴̩̼̞̗̠̏Ȇ̵̬͋̈̎͠D̷̲̹̠̣́̿͑ͅ ̴̡̝̹͍̟̐͒̋Ŭ̵̦̇̀̽͠S̶̬̖͕̒̂͌ ̷̧͔̾̇̂͆͊W̵͖͚̐̈́̚Į̶̈́͒́Ț̶̘̭̮͗̂̐H̶͎̯͙̍͗̃̈ ̵̖̙̚G̷̝̔̾͒̚Į̶̯̞͕͐̾̄͘F̸̨̛͙̲̥͐͗͜͠T̸̩̩͒̈S̷̬͉̜͉͗͌̈͐ ̶͇̱̈̓̍͋̄A̶̦͎̲͆̑̅͑ͅN̴͙͑̿̅̓͊Ď̷͙͉̘̊́̔͛ ̶͈̜͓̌͠Ḳ̸̝͙̠̱̈́̋͛̂̇N̵̨͙͓̦̬̐̉̅͑O̸̜͎͇͉̐͆́͜W̶͎͇̗͎͊̀Ḷ̵̼̈́͛Ě̶̗̘̈̿̇D̷͙͎̥͍̬́͋̌̽͠G̵̹͈͑Ë̶͉̙̰͓́͐͒.̸͕̎̇̅ ̸̰̣̹͂̿͘T̸̢̡̹̽͒̊H̸͙͚͇͋̅E̴̡̹͍͚̽͐̾̚͝S̸̨̱͍̑E̵͉͓̺̿̾͝ ̴̢̪̕͜Ṿ̷̳̻̼͕̏̒̀I̴̪̱͒̊̃̀S̸̲͈͓̑͌̆̕ͅI̵̼̤̙̫̓͆̅̒T̷̺̆O̶͉̫̤̠̙̅͒̍̅͠R̸̭͚̪̓S̴̢͈͙̒̈́.̶͕̂͝ ̸̖̳̮̞̤̐̌́̊̍H̴̢̅͑̌͜͝͝Ő̵͕̘͔̫̖̀S̷͖̣̬̱̈́́̊̚͜͝P̴̑͌͐͠͝ͅȈ̷̩̪͠T̴̢̺͕̣̽̽̑̈́͝Ḁ̴̟̣͍̠̔̇̔L̵̝̟͇͈̓̈͗̔͠I̷̼̖̽̂͊͋Ţ̷̛̞͍̊̇ͅY̸̡̱̪̹͓̅̏̈́̈͌ ̵͓̤̰̉ͅI̵̼̺͔̩̖̓Ş̴̰̯̞̒̓̈ ̶͉̓A̸̛͚̫̲̫̒̂̌L̴̛̯̗̙̓́̄͛͜Ļ̶͖̱̱̓̚̕ ̷̰̌T̸̝̩̯͌͛͆͑͠H̸͇͗́Ë̶̗̰̖͎̟́̉Y̶̭̞͐̎ ̵̢̙̭̟͔̅́̌R̶̢̪͉͑̾̚E̸̛̳̜̤Q̷̘̻̖̗̪͌U̷͔̮̤̩͐̉͜͝Ẽ̴̜͖̦͜S̴̤̣͕̣̮̿̔T̴̮̣̹͖̅̄E̸̫̱̍͒͘Ḑ̵̭͔̋̉ ̵̳̼͖̆͛͝I̵̻͗́̌̇̀Ņ̴̔̆̃͑̀ ̴̢̳͊͗͗͘ͅR̷̝͈̮̎É̴̠̻̫̥́̀T̶̛͇̈̋̅̕U̶͉̐̍͑̎̆R̸̳̩̟̼̀̉́̍̕