Evil gains work their punishment.
Closer, it__ all right. Touch the man of grief.Do. Don__ be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them.
Oedipus Rex
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Closer, it__ all right. Touch the man of grief.Do. Don__ be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them.
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