Cristobal/Introduction

"I have set the sky in two parts. I pass through. I wander the horizons. I have dusted my feet with earth. I have worn the skin of a black panther and chanted into the ears of children. I eat with my mouth. I chew with my jaw. I am a living god come forth. I am with the earth millions of years."

-The Egyptian Book of the Dead, "Going Forth and Passing Through"

"Nenni!" said the Cat. "I am the cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to me. I will not come."

-Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories, "The Cat that Walked by Himself"