Archamedes the Builder


SHAY: You're a builder?

ARCHAMEDES: Yes.

SHAY: What do you build?

ARCHAMEDES: Usual stuff. Bridges, buildings, minds, suns.

SHAY: That's a little more than usual stuff. Not too many folks I know build minds and suns.

ARCHAMEDES: Angels do it all the time. Its actually quite fun.

SHAY: It sounds like it. Why is that?

ARCHAMEDES: The creation process is just so enjoyable.  Being a part of the growth of existence is just so invigorating. I wouldn't want any other job there is.

SHAY: How many jobs are there?

ARCHAMEDES: Enough.

SHAY: Is there one out there for everybody that wants one?

ARCHAMEDES: Well, you have to earn them you know.

SHAY: How does one go about earning one?

ARCHAMEDES: C'mon, get to a real question already.

SHAY: Seriously, I want to know how a being is able to earn a certain job...

ARCHAMEDES: You just ask for it.

SHAY: That's it?

ARCHAMEDES: Yeah, you ask God for it.

SHAY: And He always gives it to you? Just like that?

ARCHAMEDES: No...it takes a great deal of asking sometimes. I've seen beings ask for jobs for eternities and still not get one.

SHAY: Wow, God is kind of fickle, huh?

ARCHAMEDES: You could say that, but he also doesn't want a moron doing an important job, you know?

SHAY: Makes sense. So where on the totem pole is the job of "Builder"?

ARCHAMEDES: Somewhere in the middle.

SHAY: How do you rank compared with a destroyer?

ARCHAMEDES: A destroyer is actually pretty low.

SHAY: Really?!? Why is that?

ARCHAMEDES: It doesn't take much effort to wipe something out. But it takes a LOT of skill and knowledge to create something from nothing.

SHAY: Hmm...never thought of it that way. So what is next on your list of things to build?

ARCHAMEDES: An arena.

SHAY: Where and for whom?

ARCHAMEDES: I can't tell you where, but I can tell you that those who use this arena are blessed in the eyes of God.

SHAY: Thanks!