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Only a very few are able to keep their god at bay and delay being devoured, and they do it by pouring a river of innocent blood into a gaping maw of gnashing teeth.
These few have realized their game has changed, the game pieces are not responding as they once did, the checkered board is not sitting evenly in perfect alignment for their machinations.
In a world run by clocks, nothing good lasts forever, nothing bad lasts forever. Such is the nature of time. But even the clock that keeps time is bound by a set of laws, and will in time become inoperable.