Cousin?
Written by: Kalodan, Druid of the Stag
Date: Monday, June 27th, 2005
Addressed to: Vespertine Initiate, Azman Elderbranch
Greetings Mister with what is probably a sore hand..
Kalo is young. He is giggly and playfully, and, at times, Kalo is
hyperactive. But I try to be nice - I try. Kalo knows you are a
Commune.. Kalo knows you are a part of Nature. But when Kalo walked the
grounds of Paavik, Kalo found Sickness. Disease. Kalo walked the grounds
of the Gloriana, and wanted to cry... Kalo felt the trees crying,
screaming out as though in agony..
Kalo is strange. I know. I'm not normal. Kalodan says Kalo was made by
the essence of two Faelings, when they were in the Faethorn. They didn't
know it, but their essence mingled, and Kalo was made. Not born, Made.
Kalo used to be young, Kalo remembers a year, but Leprechaun told Kalo
he's a little older than that, before he disappeared. Leprechaun was
very nice, and taught Kalo lot. Kalo could count to twelve, and, and,
Kalo can fly REALLY well. Kalodan and Leprechaun were really smart, and
Leprechaun told Kalo to come to the Basin, and learn lots!
So Kalo is learning, lots and lots... But the Shadows stole
Leprechaun... Leprechaun said they sometimes stole Fae, and bound them.
And Kalo feels the trees are bound, too. Kalo cries from it. It hurts
Kalo inside.
So Kalo wants to say, we might be cousins... But Kalo hates you. Kalo
has never hated anything - Kalo has met lots, like Father Sun, and
Mother Moon's Mother. And, and, he's seen a Hajamin, too! And a Lisaera!
And, Kalo feels sorry for a Viravain, because, inside, he's told, She's
broken. And Kalo can't blame her. And Kalo doesn't Hate Night, she's
broken, too. And Raven. Maybe, one day, they won't be broken! But
Viravain is probably broken for good. Which is okay. Kalodan says the
essence of the Creator is in the Estarra, whatever that is. Kalodan says
it's like a Lisaera, but smarter, stronger. And people said even the
Estarra couldn't fix a Viravain, and that we shouldn't tell Her that.
Which is fine - she's broken.
But you're not broken. You're just Sick. And, when you realize you're
Sick, Kalo wants to help you. Kalo will hold your hand, and Kalo will
guide you, like Leprechaun guided Kalo. And, maybe, we can stop the
Sick. But until then, Kalo hopes you know, the Sick affects your mind.
The Serenwilde is not allied with that city. Kalo has fought alongside
that city, but not for that city - he wanted to heal the grounds and
trees of Sickness - and he did. And continues to do so.
Just remember, you are my cousin. And I'll hold your hand, when you're
ready. Because you're Sick, and you can't be Sick and want to be healed
without someone helping you. So know, Kalo will help you! Mother Moon is
really nice, and she's got this big stick, and she was at the Glade,
with Father Sun... It was really cool, 'cause, she had this big stick,
and he had this big stick, except his stick was shiny, like he was... It
was really cool. See? You don't get that in the Sick Forest...
As Kalo said, Kalo wants to help. So, cousin, admit you're Sick, and
Kalo will try to help heal you of Sick! And then we can look to see if
we can help heal Mother Night from the Sick, so you can follow her, or
brother Raven! See?
Kalo, the more Fae than Ling Faeling.
Penned by my hand on the 4th of Roarkian, in the year 120 CE.