The Auriel site ate my comment. I'll try again here.
Cities are made by people. People name the things they create and these names tend to stick. Even if the city is destroyed and a new one built, someone will find its previous name(s).
A river is a force of nature. People try to change it; they even name it. But the river re-asserts itself, becomes its own creature again eventually and what it is called is more likely to be forgotten.
Maybe that doesn't make sense; its hard to express feelings about elemental forces using words. At least, I find it so.
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Date: 2008-01-15 22:35 (UTC)Cities are made by people. People name the things they create and these names tend to stick. Even if the city is destroyed and a new one built, someone will find its previous name(s).
A river is a force of nature. People try to change it; they even name it. But the river re-asserts itself, becomes its own creature again eventually and what it is called is more likely to be forgotten.
Maybe that doesn't make sense; its hard to express feelings about elemental forces using words. At least, I find it so.
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