[Outside....]
Vyynd retraces his steps through the fields, but more follows his instincts and passions then actual memory. He finds the old man once more sitting by the fire much as when Vyynd had first met him. Walking up slowly, Vyynd bows to the priest as he retakes his seat near the fire. The old one's lips never move, yet Vyynd can still hear his voice. {{...I knew au would return....}}
tr`Khaine nods, "Knowledge is the worst opportunity to pass up....my apologies."
tr`Monk shakes his head at that, {{...what could io such as myself tell a Vortai?}} Once more, slowly regaining his idea of security, Vyynd syphons his thoughts as carefully as he can from the surface of his mind. tr`Monk however feels what the boy is doing, and surprises him with, {{Good....empty ninte mind, and au may train ninte self to use it...}} Staring into the fire as if the boy sitting across from him did not exist at all, tr`Monk continues to speak without speaking as he gently scans the surface of the other's mind. {{What would au have me tell au...}}
Vyynd stammers briefly, only communicating by thinking at first, saving himself the effort of speaking it seconds after thought. {{I would, if au will, have au tell me....what it is au sensed in me?}}
The Priest finally lifts his eyes to the boy. {{The Elements themselves.....}} he pauses, noting the reaction on the boy's face, then lowers his eyes to the fire again:: {{Is this some sort of test?}} he skims the boy's mind a little more, {{na...au are na who I thought au were...but something different... yet still with the touch}}
"Stutters in thought now, {{The....Elements.....themselves?!}} he asks silently, intrigued, {{and who did au think I was?}}
tr`Monk looks to the boy again with a slight smile, speaking out loud this time. "I thought au were what I said before. Vortai." he shakes his head, "But au are only a boy."
{{Nah....I`m nah Vortai}} Vyynd stares at the bottom of the fire a bit, {{And I am only a boy, precisely why I have come seeking knowledge wherever I might find it.....}}
The priest nods, "Ask what au will then."
Vyynd looks around some more, {{Well, if it were simply put, if au see the Elements within me....how might io unlock such power?}}
tr`Monk smiles, "With infinite patience and years of study." he motions the end of his staff at the boy, "Au already have some of that ability unlocked. Au just need to open ninte mind more. Stop the chaos that rages inside ninte mind."
Vyynd pauses to brush his hair back, "Ie, such chaos is always troubling. And this study au speak of, how might I find such study?"
"Find a priest and he will show au....preferably io of ninte own...." he hesitates, then finishes with a cryptic raise of a brow, "...House."
Vyynd sighs at that, hearing the innuendo intended, "So, au know of our...origins...then."
The Priest nods, {{I could hear it in ninte untamed thoughts...}}
Vyynd mimics that nod, {{And I could hear ninte clues like footnotes to poetry... much as has happened before...}}
"Why have au come here?" tr`Monk suddenly asks the boy, "What is it ninte people seek to find... {{or seek to save? S`Task is gone... is it ninte task to bring him back?}}
Vyynd shakes his head, clearing the confusion, "We do nah seek to find anything...merely a way home...{{it is my duty to make sure na-thing of *that* sort happens....}}
The Priest nods and stares back into the flames. {{I thought as much... But au have already caused ...*things of that sort*....}} he motions with his staff towards the direction of the ship, {{They approach....looking for au and ninte... clansmen.}}
Vyynd sighs once more. {{Ie....na journey of these sorts is simple.....}} he looks towards the twilight sky {{hann'yuu wise one.....have au anything more I need know?}}
{{In Time....au will know what au need to....}} The fire between them suddenly flares up, blocking Vyynd's view of the mysterious man. When the fire dies back down again, this time to mere embers, the man is gone. Vyynd stands, stretching his back, then heads off towards the ship again. He activates a personal cloaking device, in case of villagers scouting near by.
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