# Hekonai #1

By [CryptoAni.me](https://paragraph.com/@cryptoanimedao) · 2022-04-15

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. That's the proverb, right? I never understood it until I met my destiny.

My new beginning started with my usual ending: in the forest, flat on my face. I rolled on my back and looked up at a pale moon, shining its pitiless light down on me. I stared back at it as my inner voice said _you can't do this anymore_. This startled me. I didn't even know I had an inner voice.

At that moment, I saw a flicker of myself in the surface of the moon: my image was cleaner, less silly, more modern. It was who I dreamed of being.

![Illustration by Abdelbasset kouba](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8eb022da8a099f841199c58db12d72de952838da5ddce155cd12a2a27ca00599.png)

Illustration by Abdelbasset kouba

I got up, dusted myself off and realized that image could be my future if I had to courage to grab it. I sheathed my sword and walked back to town with determined strides. The solution unfurled in my mind: _return to the swordmaker, demand a new sword, start a new path._

I'd never felt such freedom before. Where did it come from? Was I dreaming?

There were no answers but it didn't matter. I had to try a new path, at least once.

Please enjoy the next **post #2** below in the Hekonai Journal.

[https://mirror.xyz/cryptoanimedao.eth/la0ggMqIrs-e6egs93S6qVDTgBYcTvUZRbHV3RKGzUs](https://mirror.xyz/cryptoanimedao.eth/la0ggMqIrs-e6egs93S6qVDTgBYcTvUZRbHV3RKGzUs)

**Post Soundtrack:**

[![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUkf1pU28gc)

Into the author’s mind: _“This cue originated as part of the soundtrack for The Mercenary, a spaghetti western. It was later repurposed by Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill Vol. 2 in a dramatic sequence involving a premature grave. I chose it for this post because of how it starts with a lonely mood but builds in intensity, adding layers to the arrangement as it grows into something grand and heroic. I thought that made it perfect for Hekonai's moment of reawakening.”_

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