What a cheeky Baba!
Patches of frozen time:
“Old Witch!”
“Yes?”
“Why are you so transparent? Aren’t Hags known to trade favors? Beguiling us mortals for our True Names – Or worse?!”
“The Devil You Know: Transparency denoting my invitations of consent – secret paths into my arms, & protections.”
“Silly youngling! Heed the word of an ancient, in any conversion of lived life in years!…”
“Ancient Mariner?”
“Be damned! I need the best – helping me move towards utopia. Giving old mentors peace – easing onwards into Infinity, or Singularity.”
“Are you good, Baba?”
“No. Evil. The Worst Kind!”