悪戯な子供が蝿を叩きつぶすよう、
神々は勝手気ままに我らを殺す。
――ウィリアム・シェークスピア「リア王」
"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport."
――William Shakespeare, King Lear
Legend speaks of the lost coastal polis of Olantin, whose inhabitants' hubris enraged the sun god Heliod.
From the Vault: Annihilation
