The Dark Crystal-Along the Silver Sea

Chapter Seven- Signs and Portents

" Us!!" said Chiena astounded.
"yes what do you see?" Azshar asked.
"I can't read to well remember?" Shadai said.
Jaran and Chiena looked at it, and Chiena said: "you don't have to if you understand symbols."
"Oh," said Shadai "I understand symbols".
"I can read," said Kylan, "Naia thought I was useless at first...seeing I wasn't very good at everything else" making Chiena smile.
"That sounds like Naia," Chiena said, and Shadai agreed.
"You know Naia?" Kylan asked.

"We grew up in the same village," Shadai said, "know of her is more like it...she's the Maudra's daughter, Chiena and I are not".
"You two are sisters?" Kylan asked.
"Half-sisters," said Shadai " same mother, different father, although the 'half' has never really come into it".
"My father's Vapran," said Chiena " he swept Mum off her feet, and they shared one night...and well I'm the result".
"Oh," said Kylan. He had noticed that Chiena had unusual coloring for a Drenchen, and he had thought her rather pretty.
"Yeah, Spriton seems to put combat skills over everything else," Jaran said "I admit I don't know much about my clan...seeing I was bought up by the Drenchen. But it's why the Skeksis want us...." He trailed off, afraid he might have offended SkekDurn and SkekTael.
"It is true," SkekTael said, then " Spriton are wanted for their prowess in combat..." he sighed, then realizing how that might have sounded " you always make good guards," he added.
"The Spriton take pride in their strength," said SkekDurn then " as do the Stonewoods".
Kylan looked at the two Skeksis only he and Amri had come out to join the group, Tavra hated the Skeksis with a passion, and after what had happened to her in the castle, Kylan didn't blame her, Kylan himself still didn't fully trust them and nor did Amri, but he was under the impression that somehow the two Mystics were controlling the two Skeksis, he'd seen what the Mystics could do to the Skeksis, and Amri had just been curious and wanted to know more about the two Mystics, and so did Kylan.
Amri said, "I can read too".

"Growing up in the Sanctuary I'm not surprised!" said UrAzshar " so what do you both see?"
"Probably a mess" Tael remmarked.
SkekDurn said, "it's not a mess...it's just a bit er....cluttered and takes some study".
"We're not UrZah," said UrIon.
"You two are the least prophetic out of the lot of you!" said Tael.
"Az has the other half of my probability gift though," said SkekDurn.
"Probability is not Prophetic!" said SkekTael.
"We see how things fit..." UrAzshar said, "I have never said I could see the future, just how things fit into it".
SkekDurn said " thus Probability, which is why SkekZok has issues with me! Az and I share that" he looked at it then "I will tell you what I see...but. First I want to hear what the Gelflings see, what our guests see".
Kylan and Amri were both taken back at that, but it appeared that the other four Gelflings weren't.
"What do you see?" asked Azshar then sounding very UrRu, catching them both in his gaze, both Amri and Kylan saw then that he was indeed a Mystic! UrIon leaned on his staff also looking UrRu.
Under the gaze of the two UrRu, Amri took the lead "this image here" Amri said "I've seen it before" he said indicating what looked like a wall.
"That is a powerful image...both Ion and I saw it..." said UrAzshar " go on Amri".
"Think I have too," said SkekDurn "or something similar...".
"Aughra, she led us into a Dreamfast," Amri continued, " she said we could ask Thra one question, and I asked the impossible 'how do we win?' and this was the image I saw, a Wall. It was covered in blue fire, no images, just the Wall. I've seen it a couple of times since then in my dreams. It looks like Gelfling Dreametching, but there are no images".

"Because I think it hasn't yet been fully defined," Azshar said "I'm not even sure if it is an actual wall or just an idea....it could very well be both, excellent Amri! Kylan, what do you see?"
Kylan looked amazed; he had to admit that he slightly envied the four Gelfling that had two Mystics to teach them! And felt flattered they included him!
He wondered if they could convince the two Mystics to come with them, to join their quest.
"What do you see?" Azshar repeated.
"There is my petal," said Kylan.
"Correct," said UrAzshar.
"That looks like a Skeksis and an UrRu" Kylan remmarked.
"Yes," said UrAzshar.
"They seem different somehow" Kylan remmarked.