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Eve and Lilith 
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 `` You know he loved me more, right?'' 
 
 The voice was annoying. Eve had met its owner countless times over the course of her existence. The first was shortly after she was born. Back when she was in The Garden. The first garden. She regretted talking to that woman back then. She was a nuisance. A sickness, bringing only memories of past decisions gone wrong. If she could kill her she would would've already, but the most she could do was incapacitate her for short lengths of time and that got boring after the fifth century of her long life. She was getting tired of this. 
 
 `` And why would you think that? I'm the one he had a family with. The one who he made love with. The one he died with.'' Eve said in the comfort of her home. The woman snarled and stepped out of the shadows. There was an old saying that every human being has a born enemy. One they will hate for their entire lives, whether if they know it or not. Lilith was that woman for Eve and she was hers. 
 
 `` I was his first wife. The one he truly loved. I was his equal if not his better.'' Lilith had n't aged a day. Her eyes had remained as cold and as heartless as they did when they first met. She was the complete opposite of Eve. 
 
 `` You believe you were his better? Just because you left him?'' Eve asked, gritting her teeth. She never liked talking about this subject. Adam was her first husband. The first man she ever loved. Eve had taken countless men and women as her lovers, but not of them had amounted to the glory that was The First Man. 
 
 Lilith chuckled. `` He loved me because he could n't tame me. He lusted after me because he could n't have me. I would n't let him.'' During her time on Earth since she left the garden the children of Man had thought of her as either a demon from hell, the wife of Satan and/or the Brood Mother of all Demons. This was not true or perhaps it was. There were always some truth in lies. 
 
 Lilith was a woman. The first woman. She was made to be Adam's wife and his equal. She had free will and she loved him as well, but she chose not to submit. God accepted her choice, but Adam was the one who cast her out of the Garden making her the first Wander before Cain. She was n't angry. She was n't going to be a servant to any man, but she did want revenge. So she took it upon herself to ruin him. 
 
 She was the metaphorical `` Snake'' in the garden who tempted Eve to eat the apple. She was the one who enticed Cain into killing both God's and Adams favorite child and she was the one who told Ham, son of Noah to disrespect his father, enticing him to live a life full of freedom. Given that he was a man at the time and should n't have to listen to his own father if he did n't want to. Perhaps she was so hate because she was the one who brought sin into the world due to her desire for revenge. 
 
 She understood the consequences of her actions and was even saddened by what she had done. She had taken her quest for revenge too far and ended up damning humanity. 
 
 `` And you were cast out because of it.'' Eve said keeping her eyes on her opposite. They were both immortal but that did n't meant that they could n't be harmed. They could die, it was just not permanent. They would eventual come back to life after a few minutes or hours had passed. Pain was still a fact though. 
 
 `` He just threw a hissy fit because I would n't become his bitch. I'm no man ’ s slave. I was his equal. His WIFE! But somewhere inside that idiotic mind of his, he had forgotten that. I was all for the sex, mind you and preparing the food all the time was n't so bad, but insults and the hitting was never something I was going to take lying down.'' She was seething in anger. She remembered the times he had hit her. She remembered how it felt when she almost bashed his skull in when she finally snapped. It was exhilarating. God turned a blind eye and Adam threw her out and asked for a more subservient woman to fill his needs. `` But you did. You were always the dutifully wife. Doing everything that man asked you to do. It was so sickening watching you. `` 
 Eve remained quiet. She understood what Lilith meant. Adam was a powerful man, but he wanted to be dominant. She understood this almost immediately upon being created. So she complied and allowed him to become more than what he should have been. Perhaps this was the real reason why mankind fell. Her inability to stand up for herself. To teach her children true equality. To teach them temperance and compassion rather that anger and indifference. It was her curse as well as every other woman to be lesser than a man and she chose to comply with her head held low rather that to rebel as her predecessor, Lilith, chose to do. She deeply regretted this. 
 
 Lilith could see the sadness in her eyes. Eve never really blamed Lilith for her anger. A woman scorn was a terrifying sight indeed. She blamed herself for the downfall of Man and perhaps that was the reason why Lilith could n't stand her. She was always self-loathing. `` I tried to save you, you know.'' Lilith admitted. 
 
 `` How so?'' 
 
 `` The apple was meant to make you see the world as it was. To see the injustice Adam was doing to you. I did n't think you would give him the apple to eat as well.'' 
 
 `` And then what? What was your plan if I did eat the apple and left him? What were you going to do?'' 
 
 Lilith clicked her tongue. `` Dammit, I do n't know. You never left him! We were sisters. Perhaps we could have traveled the universe together. We could have seen things that no human has seen before. We would have been better.'' 
 
 Eve looked away and took a moment to think. `` I always thought you hated me. Because Adam loved me more than you.'' 
 
 `` He did n't. He loved the idea of you. He loved the thought of winning me, but he never did. After you left Eden. I came back to visit, perhaps in a foolish attempt to make things right. I do n't know. It was too long ago. I allowed him throw his insults and curses. I did n't care because I felt truly bad for what I had done. Not to him, but to you. You were my sister whether if I chose to believe or not. We were kin. He tried to force himself upon me and that's when the anger came. He beat me and tried to... but I got away and took my revenge through Cain. I did n't know what would happen. I'm sorry for what I did.'' 
 
 `` After nearly 2 million years, why now? Why ask for forgiveness?'' 
 
 `` Because I'm tired Eve. Are n't you? Tired of our little spats. I wish what should have been. I wish for us to be sisters, like it was supposed to be. Do n't you?'' 
 
 Eve glanced back at Lilith upon seeing the tears form. She had never seen Lilith cry. She never thought she would. She did n't know why, but it hurt. It hurt to see her this way. It hurt to always fight with her whenever they meet. The memories would never go away. The actions they had taken could never be undone. Mankind were Eve's children. She had watched them from the beginning and planned on watching until the end. She believed this was what Lilith's intentions were as well. Perhaps it would n't be so bad traveling and watching with someone. Perhaps it would be so bad to forgive. Perhaps she could have family again.
