«Couldn't you stop his behavior?» Sentinekka keeps asking in her kind tone. «Maybe you could have been capable of helping him to understand...».
«I could not. Tsadi only listens to himself».
«I'm sorry that it ended that way».
Lamed assumes a softened expression. She says:«Young girl, you should not be sorry for something that happened centuries ago, when you did not exist. The past is in the past, and everything is going to be fixed...». The Elder looks at her carefully with her wide open eyes and continues her sentence with hope in her tone:«By you, a sweet Child from the favorite place of the King».
«The favorite place?» Sentinekka asks her confused. She soon realizes:«Do you mean that the "Starting Point" was the favorite realm of the King of the Eden?!».
«"Starting Point"? What a terrible name for a forgotten Village. I still remember the name it had when Resh found it for the first time. He wanted to rule that realm, but we all thought that keeping it out from the Elders' hands was a better idea. It truly was».
«My Village had a name?».
«Mh mh. I can tell you if you want to hear it, my little Child».
Sentinekka makes a small sigh. Should she agree? Knowing her Village's first name would be amazing.
«Will my decision have a consequence?» she asks, worried. «I don't want my people to risk something».
«Everything has a consequence. Without consequences there is no life. But, if you mean it in another way, nothing bad will happen to your home».
«Alright then... Can I know the name?».
«Have you ever wondered why every realm has got a defined weather, while yours doesn't have it? It always changes...».
«I did, many times...».
«Your realm is the only place that doesn't live thanks to magic. It lives thanks to its people, that is why there is no decided time. There is night and day, dawn and dusk, snow and rain, fog and wind, sun and moon and stars...». While saying that list, Lamed makes different shapes with a kind of white powder that had risen around her a short time before. It represent the said elements. «When me and the Elders saw how it worked out beautifully without a ruler, we decided to call that realm the Various Greenland. Is that place always beautiful?».
«It is... What a lovely name! I can't wait to tell my Village about it!».
«They'll love it, my dear. Now, I'm sure that you want to know something more. Such a young mind must understand more than what I've said».
Lamed stands up, and so does Sentinekka. They both walk calmly towards the statues of the Elders. They all seem to look at them with intrigued eyes.
«The Priestess... How was she?» Sentinekka asks the Elder, who makes a small smile and answers:«Samekh was a sweet and enthusiastic woman, and she loved her children with all of her heart. She also loved to talk about the life in every realm, and she always knew everything about everyone...».
«You mean that she loved to gossip about other people?».
«Just about the most important events. She, me and Teth used to see each other during the evening to talk without the others».
«That's such a lovely thing!».
«It really was» Lamed tells her, chuckling. «I miss those times. Every day».
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Fly Until You See The Light
FantasySentinekka, on her thirteenth birthday, the date known for the start of the typical journey in the seven realms, decides to bring her best friend, a fifteen year old who was never allowed to start her journey, through the exploration of the Isle of...
