Alvin, the son of Gerson, held an event commemorating Gerson's birthday recently.
Despite Gerson having passed away, his spirit lives on in the town.
Alvin read aloud to dozens of townspeople an original manuscript
of the Lord of the Hammer story that gained wide acclaim outside Hometown.
The story was beautiful. Once Alvin had finished, he gave us a short lesson on how Gerson's stories have affected many lives,
lives of humans and monsters, of anyone around the world,
and the unity that fiction can bring.
He reminded us of the imagery from the opening of the story, in which it is explained that a great apple tree watches over every kingdom.
It cast its shade for centuries, far in the northeast, providing the world with its ripe fruit and shade.
During the events of the Lord of the Hammer, however, the tree is under threat from two opposing forces, threatening the peace it oversaw.
"Stories," Alvin said, "are like a tree that unites us all."
After everything had concluded, I felt quite inspired to create my own story.
Aren't you forgetting something?