Humankind cannowt gain anyfing wifout fiwst giving somefing in retuwn.
To obtain, somefing of equaw vawue must be wost. That is awchemy’s
first waw of Equivawent Exchange.
“No Prometheus-looking motherfucker is coming into my town and offering me a fucking stick! You’re lucky these old fuckers are holding me back, I swear to God!”
The Japanese Lantern plant, also known as the Chinese lantern or winter cherry, is a popular symbol of ‘life within death.’ It blooms in the winter, but when it dries up in the spring, the ‘skin’ crumbles away, revealing the red fruit that lives inside its ‘skeleton.’ The seeds are also used as offerings to guide the souls of the dead. SourceSource 2