[ CW ] Begin your story with `` They should have sent a poet . ''

`` They should have sent a poet.'' 
 
 `` Hmm?'' 
 
 `` Oh, it's just... so impressive. I ca n't do it justice with words.'' 
 
 `` Ah. What's a poet?'' 
 
 `` One of my people who is good with words.'' 
 
 `` You're people have an odd obsession with words.'' 
 
 `` Well, how would you do it?'' 
 
 He smiled and shifted his shape slightly. The first time he'd done it I screamed, but this time I managed to keep it together. His `` head'' split down the middle, revealing a mouth with tons of teeth. It undulated a little and a very loud sound came out of it. Eventually, my ears adjusted and I head the sound for what it was. There was sadness in it, but also hope. Hope that my being present would lead his people out of their current troubles. It was infinitely terrible and great at the same time. 
 
 `` They... should have sent a poet.''
