Command #2: Talon Wake
The artifact is sleeping now
The Talon is at rest
Now let us go and wake it up
Let us its power test!
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(And the dead bard's dry, broken bones
Commenced to rise and shake
And from that dusty, fleshless jaw
A single command spake
"Talon wake!"
And with that, she lay exhausted
Done for another day
And back to her unburied grave
Those magic bones did lay
Once to be inanimate
A small, dim hope to keep
With deathless strength now fading fast
She whispered 'Talon sleep.'
The artifact switched itself off
Responsive to the words
Of one slain undead skeleton
Still learning to be heard