Saehrimnir

The ground shook as Saehrimnir, the giant boar of Asgard, eternal feast for Odin and his warriors, stumped miles across the green and sacred field of Ida toward the beckoning forest of thousand-foot trees.

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Saehrimnir was free and he would go down fighting.

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Then Saehrimnir would have to race back into the woods and gorge himself heedlessly on anything in sight to complete the filling out of his body before sunset.

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Saehrimnir stopped his headlong flight at the edge of Ida.

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But before the axe could bite, Saehrimnir felt a shuddering that worked its way through all the worlds.

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Heart pounding, brain borne back down to instinct, Saehrimnir leapt back and sideways, racing out of the Iron Wood, trees crashing and splintering in his wake.

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Saehrimnir worked his way forward carefully through the sour fruits of the Ironwood, shivering to hear the growls and sniggers in the dim light.

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Today Saehrimnir sensed a need to push further in than ever before.

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But already the ravening hunger that forced Saehrimnir from his sun-soaked, renewing sleep was threatening to tear out his insides.

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New agony shot through his body and with the pain, Saehrimnir remembered.

The Pig’s End « A Fly in Amber 2009