And so it was confirmed, he chose this improvement, this ability, this Attunedness, to be added to his Abandoned status, to supplement, to advance, to progress in this strange world of magic and nature and all things still unknown to me. I process this information, percolating it with the other knowledge I have gained since my arrival, wondering at the advantages of this choice. Could he summon his magic while holding this form? What elements did he have access to?
Would I one day be able to access elemental magic?
It was a question that had been burning away within me, slowly but surely, for some time now. My desire to know more about accessing the elements to perform this magic was something I think would only ever be met when I could perform it myself, to be able to study it directly, to feel it, to manipulate it. Is this what Jigano meant when he said that the gods could do a great many things, if one presented them with a satisfactory offer? What sort of offering had to be made to alter one's very racial makeup?
Then he poses a question, his canine features turned towards me with the intensity of interrogation - I meet his stare with my own feline features, tilting my crown to ensure I 'hear' what he has to say. and my mind is set awhirl once more with unanswered questions, mysteries and foggy recollections.
Did I ask?
Did I ask to be changed? Did I ask to have my form twisted and mutated, shifted at my will? Did I ask to find a closer connection to nature, to the fauna that I have otherwise devoted my life to? I blink slowly to myself, icy gems flickering behind spotted lids for the briefest of moments.
Perhaps it is something I have been asking for my whole life, and it wasn't until I was brought into this world that my deepest desires were realised.
"I did not ask to be brought here," I begin my response after a swirl of emotions roll through me, a wave of nostalgia first, of outrage at the thought of my lost homeworld next, followed by a deep yearning for an opportunity to say goodbye, to farewell those who were left behind. "My life before was spent caring for animals, studying them, helping them,"I continue, as the emotions that colour my words change to a quiet contentedness, to acceptance.
"While I was brought here against my will, and had this change placed upon me unknowingly; I have accepted the will of the gods of this land, and hope to prove myself worthy to them, and the people." I spoke honestly, almost coming to these realisations within myself as the words formed, but not regretting them for a moment.
Would I one day be able to access elemental magic?
It was a question that had been burning away within me, slowly but surely, for some time now. My desire to know more about accessing the elements to perform this magic was something I think would only ever be met when I could perform it myself, to be able to study it directly, to feel it, to manipulate it. Is this what Jigano meant when he said that the gods could do a great many things, if one presented them with a satisfactory offer? What sort of offering had to be made to alter one's very racial makeup?
Then he poses a question, his canine features turned towards me with the intensity of interrogation - I meet his stare with my own feline features, tilting my crown to ensure I 'hear' what he has to say. and my mind is set awhirl once more with unanswered questions, mysteries and foggy recollections.
Did I ask?
Did I ask to be changed? Did I ask to have my form twisted and mutated, shifted at my will? Did I ask to find a closer connection to nature, to the fauna that I have otherwise devoted my life to? I blink slowly to myself, icy gems flickering behind spotted lids for the briefest of moments.
Perhaps it is something I have been asking for my whole life, and it wasn't until I was brought into this world that my deepest desires were realised.
"I did not ask to be brought here," I begin my response after a swirl of emotions roll through me, a wave of nostalgia first, of outrage at the thought of my lost homeworld next, followed by a deep yearning for an opportunity to say goodbye, to farewell those who were left behind. "My life before was spent caring for animals, studying them, helping them,"I continue, as the emotions that colour my words change to a quiet contentedness, to acceptance.
"While I was brought here against my will, and had this change placed upon me unknowingly; I have accepted the will of the gods of this land, and hope to prove myself worthy to them, and the people." I spoke honestly, almost coming to these realisations within myself as the words formed, but not regretting them for a moment.
Chulane
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