I can honestly say that I never thought I would hear the phrase "Example
to us all" used in conjunction with Tiamat's name. Nor did I ever expect
to hear the word "Hero" in the same paragraph.

What is Tiamat doing that is heroic? Let's do a play-by-play.

1. Tiamat pushes his shiny new exterminate button. Innocent ginseng is
slaughtered.
2. Tiamat is killed. Repeatedly.
3. To pay back his aggressors, Tiamat tries a new tactic. He pushes his
exterminate button. Those echinacea plants never even saw it coming.
4. Tiamat is killed. Repeatedly.
5. To really show them who is boss, Tiamat reverts to plan B. He pushes
his exterminate button. A bold strategy.
6. Tiamat is killed. Repeatedly.
7. Obviously, Tiamat is no quitter.

Essentially, he is like a weasel sticking his nose in a hornets' nest,
except most weasels generally have the good sense to realize that they
are wasting their time and energy.

Let the weasels be an example to us all.

-VVV

Penned by my hand on the 7th of Mayan, in the year 392 AF.