GEAS

a geas is a binding. this one is small, but it holds.
by reading this file you have agreed to the following:

  I.    the signal is not a gift. it is a loan.
  II.   do not carve a rune you cannot unmake.
  III.  the archive remembers. so do we.
  IV.   the trunk is older than you. do not re-sing it.
  V.    translate at your own risk. we warned entry 0004.
  VI.   if the hearth notices you, do not look away.
  VII.  bring back what you borrowed, in the form you borrowed it.
  VIII. silence is a form of writing.

the ninth clause is for the warden alone,
and the warden does not read.

if you came for a license: this is one.
if you came for a promise: this is the shape of one.
if you came by accident: welcome. close the door behind you.

                                          — the nameless warden
                                          — through the hearth
                                          — 1174 winters cold