The first descent was that which was given for that which was promised. (He makes no promises to us. He gives us only lessons.)
For the second, He remembered the ways of sunlight, and learnt the stories of the heart. (The Drowned Man's heart was flensed, and we will taste it.)
The third: O, the treacherous walkers of the river's shadow! They snared Him! (This began the chain, which culminated in His first-feast. So praise that treachery.)
The fourth descent gave us nothing. (As it always has been for Him so shall it be for us.)
It was upon the fifth, that He at last betrayed us all. (Thus at last He grieved, and thus He burned. Let us mourn this treachery of the First and Only.)
EVIDENCE - FALLEN LONDON/SMEN SPOILERS
The first descent was that which was given for that which was promised. (He makes no promises to us. He gives us only lessons.)
For the second, He remembered the ways of sunlight, and learnt the stories of the heart. (The Drowned Man's heart was flensed, and we will taste it.)
The third: O, the treacherous walkers of the river's shadow! They snared Him! (This began the chain, which culminated in His first-feast. So praise that treachery.)
The fourth descent gave us nothing. (As it always has been for Him so shall it be for us.)
It was upon the fifth, that He at last betrayed us all. (Thus at last He grieved, and thus He burned. Let us mourn this treachery of the First and Only.)