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<blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 1835353" data-attributes="member: 17040"><p><strong>Xath and Father Dorn - Day 4</strong></p><p></p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>Xath walks up in front of him, peering over at the pages of his book. "What are you reading?" she asks.</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>brb (1 sec) keep typing</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>A graying eyebrow atop a lined and battered face looks over the page at you, limp silver hair blwoing behind him in the wind. One of the holy books. The Book of the Light. It's been...too long" he says, staring out into the fading sun.</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"May I speak with you?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Of course. Solitude has a place as much as company. New Oceanus was getting...crowded. But I think there's room in the shade for two."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>Xath takes a seat next to him. "I never...thanked you properly....for bringing me back"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"No thanks is necessary," he says, smiling sardonically. "If I had had my wits about me, I doubt that there would be any thanks necessary."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>Xath smiles wryly. "Perhaps not. But...ours is not to question why, only to try to deal with the lot we are given by life....or death. I do have some questions though...and I thought you would be the one to ask."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>He nods, "In a morbid mood, are we, after Kegsplitter's fall?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"He was a dear friend."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>Seeing that you're serious, he continues, "Ask away. I don't guarantee that I'll be right - only that I'll be honest."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>Xath smiles. "That is all that I can ask. You know....magic allows so many changes. I constantly change from form to form." She uses the hat of disguise to shift appearances at random for a few moments as she is speaking. "I never thought about how important my body was to my identity until I lost it. They burned it, you know....I watched, but I didn't quite understand..."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>He shrugs. "Probably for the best. You are not your body, you *are* what's here," he says, pointing to his head, "and here," he continues, pointing to his chest. "The body is simply ash - the fire of our souls burn within. That is who you really are, Xath."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"But this.." she says, gessturing to her own body, "This used to be someone else. She had a life, and a family. Somtimes I feel as though....I'm stealing that from her by being here."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"She was gone. You, for whatever reason, lingered. In my madness, I sought to move that fire from one pile of ash to another. But the movement does not diminish the fire, my girl...the body - your body - is no more hers now than this one," he finishes, indicating himself.</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"What if I have children? Are they mine?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>He laughs, "Of course they're yours! Yours and whoever puts them in your belly!"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>They'll be elven, not dwarven....you know...as much as I wished I was Alder when I was growing up...you'd think that this change would not be so difficult.</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>They'll have the blood that flows through your veins, yes - but it's *your* blood, not that of another, whatever you may fear."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>She turns towards him, her arms wrapped around her knees. Then she laughs and looks down at herself. "I never used to be able to sit like this, you know. I would sort of...plop on to the ground and roll around until I got comfortable."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>He looks at you for a moment, as if deep in thought. "Does it feel wrong to sit as you sit now?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"No...it feels...comfortable, at least when I'm not thinking about it. I suppose sometimes I think that, like my spells, eventually this one will meld away and I'll be my old self again"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Would that feel any more right?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"No. I have changed so much since then...that my old body feels even more alien than this. And I would lose so much if I went back..."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Is it only the loss that frightens you, then?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"No. I feel as though my life is a lie."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"No life can be a lie, Xath. It is only death that can deceive. Life can never be other than what it is. Simple. Beautiful."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"When I died, I came back because I thought I had a purpose to fulfill. But what good is the prophecy now that Arfin is gone?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Was it only perception? You seem to expect lies everywhere! I think you came back because you *had* a purpose to fulfill. Perhaps he had reached the end of his path? Not all prophecies are so easily interpreted. His time, it may be, was simply done."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"Was mine?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"It would seem not. We're sitting here, talking about it, aren't we?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"So I am not living on borrowed time? Time I was never meant to have?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"You were brought to me in my madness, at a time when it seemed to the both of us that you were needed...it's either coincidence, or a Call. I can't tell you what to believe, but the Light rarely deals in coincidence. I can only assume that you were meant to have it, because you *do* have it. Such is the pragmatism of faith, I suppose."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"I had never really had any, before I died. Now though...how can you not have faith when you have seen what is beyond?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Faith is believing without seeing. You have belief - something I envy you. My time, for what it's worth, shall end when it ends. I can feel the finality of it settling into my bones, even now."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>She turns towards him. "You still have a good bit of fight left in you."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"I have faith in what lies beyond - and your belief can only help that. I'll die with a sword in my hand, and a song on my lips. It's the way of my family. But that time is not yet! I asked you to think of life, and here - I speak of death once more!"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>She smiles at him. "Life...what of bringing life into the world? Will my children be Greyclaw or Thunderheart?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"They'll be yours." he states, with finality. "In order to answer that question, you need only answer one question - who are you? Greyclaw or Thunderheart?"</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"I am Xath Thunderheart, in here" she says, pointing to her head, "and here" pointing to her heart.</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"They'll be blood of your blood, and soul of your soul." In the end, I suppose that means they'll be both, at least in part.</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"I wonder how Arin Greyclaw sees it..."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"I am sure he is sad to have had his daughter die. But he knows as well as anyone else that without Xath Thunderheart, we would all be dead or enslaved."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>She laughs at that. "I'm sure that while I did my part in the battle, the outcome would have been the same were I here or not."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Would it, indeed? I wonder..."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"You flatter me." </p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"I don't flatter. I promised you honesty before, and you have recived nothing but."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"But...I have one more question, and it is personal..."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"By all means. I was - I *am* a priest." </p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>"I mean personal to you....If L'Aurel....ever has children....you will still love them as a grandfather, won't you?"</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"Of course!" he laughs.</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>Xath sighs with relief. "Some how, that makes me feel infinitely better."</p><p>Father Dorn:</p><p>"I'm glad to have set your heart at ease."</p><p>Xath Thunderheart:</p><p>She kisses him on the cheek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xath, post: 1835353, member: 17040"] [b]Xath and Father Dorn - Day 4[/b] Xath Thunderheart: Xath walks up in front of him, peering over at the pages of his book. "What are you reading?" she asks. Xath Thunderheart: brb (1 sec) keep typing Father Dorn: A graying eyebrow atop a lined and battered face looks over the page at you, limp silver hair blwoing behind him in the wind. One of the holy books. The Book of the Light. It's been...too long" he says, staring out into the fading sun. Xath Thunderheart: "May I speak with you?" Father Dorn: "Of course. Solitude has a place as much as company. New Oceanus was getting...crowded. But I think there's room in the shade for two." Xath Thunderheart: Xath takes a seat next to him. "I never...thanked you properly....for bringing me back" Father Dorn: "No thanks is necessary," he says, smiling sardonically. "If I had had my wits about me, I doubt that there would be any thanks necessary." Xath Thunderheart: Xath smiles wryly. "Perhaps not. But...ours is not to question why, only to try to deal with the lot we are given by life....or death. I do have some questions though...and I thought you would be the one to ask." Father Dorn: He nods, "In a morbid mood, are we, after Kegsplitter's fall?" Xath Thunderheart: "He was a dear friend." Father Dorn: Seeing that you're serious, he continues, "Ask away. I don't guarantee that I'll be right - only that I'll be honest." Xath Thunderheart: Xath smiles. "That is all that I can ask. You know....magic allows so many changes. I constantly change from form to form." She uses the hat of disguise to shift appearances at random for a few moments as she is speaking. "I never thought about how important my body was to my identity until I lost it. They burned it, you know....I watched, but I didn't quite understand..." Father Dorn: He shrugs. "Probably for the best. You are not your body, you *are* what's here," he says, pointing to his head, "and here," he continues, pointing to his chest. "The body is simply ash - the fire of our souls burn within. That is who you really are, Xath." Xath Thunderheart: "But this.." she says, gessturing to her own body, "This used to be someone else. She had a life, and a family. Somtimes I feel as though....I'm stealing that from her by being here." Father Dorn: "She was gone. You, for whatever reason, lingered. In my madness, I sought to move that fire from one pile of ash to another. But the movement does not diminish the fire, my girl...the body - your body - is no more hers now than this one," he finishes, indicating himself. Xath Thunderheart: "What if I have children? Are they mine?" Father Dorn: He laughs, "Of course they're yours! Yours and whoever puts them in your belly!" Xath Thunderheart: They'll be elven, not dwarven....you know...as much as I wished I was Alder when I was growing up...you'd think that this change would not be so difficult. Father Dorn: They'll have the blood that flows through your veins, yes - but it's *your* blood, not that of another, whatever you may fear." Xath Thunderheart: She turns towards him, her arms wrapped around her knees. Then she laughs and looks down at herself. "I never used to be able to sit like this, you know. I would sort of...plop on to the ground and roll around until I got comfortable." Father Dorn: He looks at you for a moment, as if deep in thought. "Does it feel wrong to sit as you sit now?" Xath Thunderheart: "No...it feels...comfortable, at least when I'm not thinking about it. I suppose sometimes I think that, like my spells, eventually this one will meld away and I'll be my old self again" Father Dorn: "Would that feel any more right?" Xath Thunderheart: "No. I have changed so much since then...that my old body feels even more alien than this. And I would lose so much if I went back..." Father Dorn: "Is it only the loss that frightens you, then?" Xath Thunderheart: "No. I feel as though my life is a lie." Father Dorn: "No life can be a lie, Xath. It is only death that can deceive. Life can never be other than what it is. Simple. Beautiful." Xath Thunderheart: "When I died, I came back because I thought I had a purpose to fulfill. But what good is the prophecy now that Arfin is gone?" Father Dorn: "Was it only perception? You seem to expect lies everywhere! I think you came back because you *had* a purpose to fulfill. Perhaps he had reached the end of his path? Not all prophecies are so easily interpreted. His time, it may be, was simply done." Xath Thunderheart: "Was mine?" Father Dorn: "It would seem not. We're sitting here, talking about it, aren't we?" Xath Thunderheart: "So I am not living on borrowed time? Time I was never meant to have?" Father Dorn: "You were brought to me in my madness, at a time when it seemed to the both of us that you were needed...it's either coincidence, or a Call. I can't tell you what to believe, but the Light rarely deals in coincidence. I can only assume that you were meant to have it, because you *do* have it. Such is the pragmatism of faith, I suppose." Xath Thunderheart: "I had never really had any, before I died. Now though...how can you not have faith when you have seen what is beyond?" Father Dorn: "Faith is believing without seeing. You have belief - something I envy you. My time, for what it's worth, shall end when it ends. I can feel the finality of it settling into my bones, even now." Xath Thunderheart: She turns towards him. "You still have a good bit of fight left in you." Father Dorn: "I have faith in what lies beyond - and your belief can only help that. I'll die with a sword in my hand, and a song on my lips. It's the way of my family. But that time is not yet! I asked you to think of life, and here - I speak of death once more!" Xath Thunderheart: She smiles at him. "Life...what of bringing life into the world? Will my children be Greyclaw or Thunderheart?" Father Dorn: "They'll be yours." he states, with finality. "In order to answer that question, you need only answer one question - who are you? Greyclaw or Thunderheart?" Xath Thunderheart: "I am Xath Thunderheart, in here" she says, pointing to her head, "and here" pointing to her heart. Father Dorn: "They'll be blood of your blood, and soul of your soul." In the end, I suppose that means they'll be both, at least in part. Xath Thunderheart: "I wonder how Arin Greyclaw sees it..." Father Dorn: "I am sure he is sad to have had his daughter die. But he knows as well as anyone else that without Xath Thunderheart, we would all be dead or enslaved." Xath Thunderheart: She laughs at that. "I'm sure that while I did my part in the battle, the outcome would have been the same were I here or not." Father Dorn: "Would it, indeed? I wonder..." Xath Thunderheart: "You flatter me." Father Dorn: "I don't flatter. I promised you honesty before, and you have recived nothing but." Xath Thunderheart: "But...I have one more question, and it is personal..." Father Dorn: "By all means. I was - I *am* a priest." Xath Thunderheart: "I mean personal to you....If L'Aurel....ever has children....you will still love them as a grandfather, won't you?" Father Dorn: "Of course!" he laughs. Xath Thunderheart: Xath sighs with relief. "Some how, that makes me feel infinitely better." Father Dorn: "I'm glad to have set your heart at ease." Xath Thunderheart: She kisses him on the cheek. [/QUOTE]
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