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Between the two cliffs was a deathly fall that went on for miles. = Huddled at the edge, heads down were the captives from the battle. Zaas was= trying not to look at them because the sight filled him with shame. The ba= ttle had barely started when he had slipped under the rock and had stayed t= here the whole time. ?A witless soldier am I. I don?t even deserve to be ca= lled a soldier? he thought miserably. If anyone deserved to die first, he t= hought, it was his frightened, useless self. But it was easy to keep his ey= es on something else other than captives. On the rock wall of the opposing = cliff was an extremely deep carved out area. When Zaas looked down from his= little perch he could see, in the opening, was a creature. A massive thing= that had led the battle, the one that he fled. Ugly mud-green scales cover= ed it and it sat on six legs and a stubby tail portroded. Extending from it= s scaly neck was a spotty mane, full of knots. But it was none of these tha= t Zaas found most off turning about the creature?s appearance. Its face had= no eyes. There was not even an impression of where the eyes should be, the= approximate area was simply covered in scales like the rest of his face. Z= aas was terrified. Terrified by its appearance and the great growling and h= owling sounds it made during the fight. It had done the most damage during = the fight. Everyone knew that there was a patch of pink skin at the center = of its chest, it was the only weak spot, but no one had been able to strike= it. If none of them could, Zaas was nearly certain he could not either, es= pecially with just one shot. In general, it was a nearly impossible shot an= d the very thought of attempting it sent shivers down from his spine to his= toes. The creature shrieked suddenly and Zaas flinched but froze again qui= ckly as if the creature could smell him from this distance. A soldier came = to the edge of the cliff and grabbed one of the captives, binding him quick= ly with a long length of rope. He attached the other side of the rope to a = stake driven in the ground. The soldier continued shoving the prisoner towa= rds the cliff edge. Zaas?s eyes widened. Surely he knew that man despite hi= s bloodied face and pronounced limp. His mind flashed to the last thing his= teacher had said to him. ***** ?Zaas Hyerim, your word is courage. Lian Ma= rr, your word is benefactor, Miles James, your word is audience?? Zaas?s at= tention slipped away from the instructor as he dwelt on the word ?courage?,= annoyed with the assignment. Of all the things, why would they write more = words about a single word? The assignment only required a short paragraph b= ut the boy felt exasperated anyway. At home, Zaas told his mother about the= word and his assignment. His mother smiled and stared slightly off into th= e distance after she heard his word. ?Courage. It is a beautiful word is no= t? Did you know its root comes from ?heart?? To do something with courage i= s to do it with your heart.? Zaas rolled eyes, remarking about his mother b= eing a hopeless romantic. ***** The soldier pushed the man off the cliff an= d Zaas was yanked from the seemingly distant memory. The soldier finished l= owering his teacher. He dangled there, helpless. The monster violently stuc= k its head out and slammed its mouth over his teacher and in a span of a fe= w seconds, he was gone. As shallow as his breathing had been, it became mor= e so. The boy had not felt so incapacitated in his life. He hadn't done any= thing during the battle and he still had yet to do anything even as his num= b mind yelled at him to do something. The creature shrieked again. A soldie= r started making his way to the captives. Zaas felt the urge to vomit. Care= fully, he turned the other way. He could not watch that happen again. ?If o= nly I was brave enough,? he thought. ?If only I could make the shot.? Theor= etically, he thought it could happen. It would have to be done at an atroci= ous angle, one of which he wasn?t sure he was capable of. Behind the shelte= r of the rock, soldiers were patrolling, so he would have to let the arrow = go quickly. He wasn?t sure he could do it before an enemy struck him from b= ehind. ?MY PEOPLE HAVE COURAGE!? Zaas startled and his blood froze. He reco= gnized that voice. Unwillingly he turned back, praying, praying that it cam= e from the top of the cliff. ?HAVE COURAGE, ALL OF YOU.? Zaas?s heart sank = as his eyes did. His mother was tied, being lowered to the mouth of the cre= ature. She was flailing left and right, making it difficult for the soldier= above to lower her, so he was doing so slowly. ?HAVE COURAGE, FATHERS AND = MOTHERS! HAVE COURAGE SONS AND DAUGHTERS.? She was dangerously close to its= mouth. Zaas wished himself dead. ?HAVE COURAGE MY SON. ZAAS, HAVE COURAGE!= ? Something shattered in him as his mother yelled the words and the demon b= east enveloped her whole. ?Have courage, have courage. With heart.? Zaas th= ought, adrenaline moving at an unreal pace through him. He wasn?t sure whet= her the feelings growing inside him were anger, sadness, rage, grief or com= bination of them all. But he knew he would follow his mother?s words. ?Have= courage, have courage, have courage,? he whispered. He laid the quiver dow= n and took the single, precious arrow from it. He sat up, crouching so as n= ot to be visible over the stone. Arrow strung, he took a deep breath, knowi= ng he would have a split second to see the pink spot and strike it. ?Have c= ourage, have courage, have courage.? Zaas stood up, hanging the quiver on h= is arm. He was vaguely aware of the buzzing noise of soldiers behind him, m= oving toward him, but they would not reach him in time. He moved the edge o= f the cliff, arrow ready, and bounced slightly on the balls of his feet. He= jumped. His hair flew up and the cold air bit his cheeks. The spot. He rel= eased the arrow exactly as he became in-line with it. He kept falling, movi= ng faster and faster. Above him blood spurted suddenly, bursting nearly ten= feet forward. He kept falling. Zaas?s senses were overcome, emotions flood= ing. ?I made the shot.? An urge to weep overcame him but he could not becau= se his speed would not allow it. ?I made an impossible shot.? More than any= thing, relief was what he felt. Even though he had not been able to see the= spot from his first vantage point he had still struck true. He kept fallin= g. Silently he thanked his mother for her words. Silently, he hoped his peo= ple would escape. Silently, he rejoiced because he had helped them. He kept= falling. He brought his quiver to his chest and crossed his arms, as a sol= dier ought to. He kept falling. He was moving faster than he had ever, fast= er than his arrow, and faster than he?d even dreamed of moving. He kept fal= ling. With each ?whoosh? of the air, he was sure he surely hit the ground n= ext. He kept falling. As he fell the last several feet, he only had one tho= ught. ?With Courage.? He stopped falling.=20
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A shadowy figure moves through an al= leyway. Past a tabby cat. Around a dumpster filled with refuse. Dancing ove= r muddy puddles that reflect neon signs advertising coming attractions.

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A spy movie. Perhaps a prestige pict= ure.

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The mysterious and nefarious being m= akes his way up to a couple waiting with their young child for a taxi to wh= isk them back to suburbia. Back to a pleasant house in a pleasant neighborh= ood where there are no alleyways or honking horns or men who know nothing b= ut darkness in their hearts. The kind of darkness that crawls up to innocen= ce looking for a dime or a dollar or a hundred dollars so it can feed the g= reed that vines its way around whatever's left of a soul.

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This little family is about to be te= rrorized by that rogue, that soundrel, that antagonist. The little daughter= will be traumatized as her doll falls to the sidewalk. The mother will scr= eam, but that dastardly devil will put his filthy, gloved hand up to her mo= uth to silence her as her husband watches on in horror. He'll hand over wha= t cash he has on him, and the evildoer will disappear into the night, but t= he damage will have been done.

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A hero with the agility of a lynx, t= he intelligence of a dolphin, and the ambiguity of a Yeti. Someone who can = intercept crime before its inception. An advocate for justice and righteous= ness who can break the morale of those who would wound the most vulnerable = among us. A champion to help the common man dream sweetly in their beds.

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Am not that hero.

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I--

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Am Snail Man.

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That is what brings me here today.

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I am requesting--a name change.

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For you see, there is no way for me = to perform my duties as a superhero if the animal I am meant to emulate--is= a snail.

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Now, I have nothing against the ador= able little creatures. Yes, it's true that I resist touching them or lookin= g at them. Yes, I have sampled the occasional escargot when visiting Paris.= Yes, my father was killed by a rout of snails as he was walking home from = the chalet of his mistress, but none of that matters when it comes to my sw= orn duty as a crime-fighter. The only salient point is that I am unable to = run at the unethical when I see them in action, because snails do not run.<= /span>

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Once I reach the criminals--assuming= they haven't fled, most don't, rather, they stay and mock me--I am unable = to pummel them as my costume does not allow me movement in my arms and legs= since snails have neither. The victims must watch as I crawl back into my = shell while assailants wail on the poorly insulated structure. I hide out t= here, covered in my own goo, wishing I could be any other kind of creature.=

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Please, I beseech you, let me take o= n another form.

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It need not be something glamorous.<= /span>

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Were you to bestow upon me the title= of Lemur Guy, I would wear it happily. Sloth Fellow? Proudly. Naked Mole-r= at Boy? I'm a bit long in the tooth to be a boy, but other than that, I'm f= ine with it. I welcome it. I wrap my arms around it.

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Just please relinquish me from the t= itle of Snail Man.

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None of the superhero teams will hav= e me fight alongside them. Not even the Ninja Turtles, who, if you ask me, = are hypocrites for discriminating against me due to my lack of speed. I exp= ected better from my shelled brethren, and yet, here we are.

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I am an island.

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A snail island.

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Felonies pass by me the way a ship w= ould and I must simply sit on the sand and witness their travels, because I= am incapable of fighting back.

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When I travel out at night to begin = my shift, large birds swoop down and try to consume me. Half my life is spe= nt hiding from owls. One particularly hot day in July, I saw a bank robbery= in progress and could do nothing, because a mischievous teen had aimed a m= agnifying glass at me and I was nearly burnt up on the spot.

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I understand that we can't all be Ba= tman or Captain America, but must the lower-tier heroes be thrown the scrap= s of names and identities? It's bad enough that I'm Snail Man by night, but= by day isn't much better. Tasking me with being the man at the mobile phon= e store who helps the elderly set up their voicemail? Forcing me to live in= a squalid apartment with three other roommates--two of whom are owls? Expe= cting me to spend my own money cleaning that ghastly suit you make me wear = because when I'm in character, the goo drenches every inch of it, and the s= mell is--

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It's too much, I say!

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This cannot continue.

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I am warning you now--a man can only= take so much.

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If I had a finger available to me ri= ght now, I would be shaking it in your collective faces. You, the Commissio= n for Naming Superheroes, has done me a disservice, and I demand that it be= rectified post haste!

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Mark my words, you will either grant= me a new persona, or you will have one less hero out on the avenues fighti= ng the good fight, and a new villain to worry about instead.

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Yes, you heard me.

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I shall take Snail Man from light to= dark, and I will do so with gusto!

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Though I may not be able to make muc= h of an impact while I am on the side of right, it is lucky for me that des= truction requires far less acumen.

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So help me, I will slither through t= hese streets slowly knocking over trash cans and leaving a trail of mucus e= verywhere I go! It may not rise to the level of anarchy you usually worry a= bout, but someone will still have to clean it up, and Janitor Man retired l= ast week.

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Now that I've said my peace, I shall retire back to my apartment and hide out in= my closet so as not t= o be eaten by either of my roommates. My third roommate is a stand-up gent,= but I believe he may be The Polar Bear in disguise. I notice he likes to k= eep the air conditioner on even in the dead of winter and I've spotted him scooping fish out of the bathtub when he thought nobody was home.

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