These words were strong in my earsMy body reacted...
These words were strong in my earsMy body reacted to them; I felt my breathing speed, heard
the sound of my heart pumping louder than was usualBeside the bed I lay on, a machine
registered the increases with a muted beepingThe Healer and the Seeker were too involved in
their disagreement to notice
“But one that even they must realize is long lostThey are outnumbered by what? A million to
one? I imagine you would know
“We estimate the odds are quite a bit higher in our favor,” she admitted grudgingly
The Healer appeared to be content to let his side of the disagreement rest with that information
It was quiet for a moment
I used the empty time to evaluate my situation
I was in a Healing facility, recovering from an unusually traumatic insertionI was sure the body
that hosted me had been fully healed before it was given to meA damaged host would have
been disposed of
I chanel bags considered the conflicting opinions of the Healer and the SeekerAccording to the
information I had been given before making the choice to come here, the Healer had the right of
itHostilities with the few remaining pockets of humans were all but overThe planet called
Earth was as peaceful and serene as it looked from space, invitingly green and blue, wreathed in
its harmless white vaporsAs was the way of the soul, harmony was universal now
The verbal dissension between the Healer and the Seeker was out of characterStrangely
aggressive for our kindCould they be true, the whispered rumors that had
undulated like waves through the thoughts of the… of the…
I was distracted, trying to find the name for my last host speciesWe'd had a name, I knew that
But, no longer connected to that host, I could not remember the wordWe'd used much simpler
language than this, a silent language of prada fairy thought that connected us all into one great mindA
necessary convenience when one was rooted forever into the wet black soil
I could describe that species in my new human languageWe lived on the floor of the great
ocean that covered the entire surface of our world–a world that had a name, too, but that was
also goneWe each had a hundred arms and on each arm a thousand eyes, so that, with our
thoughts connected, not one sight in the vast waters went unseenThere was no need for sound,
so there was no way to hear itWe tasted the waters, and, with our sight, that told us all we
needed to knowWe tasted the suns, so many leagues above the water, and turned their taste
into the food we needed
I could describe us, but I could not name usI sighed for the lost knowledge, and then returned
my ponderings to what I'd overheard
Souls did not, as a rule, speak anything but the tiffany jewelry replica truthSeekers, of course, had the requirements
of their Calling, but between souls there was never reason for a lieWith my last species'
language of thought, it would have been impossible to lie, even had we wanted toHowever,
anchored as we were, we told ourselves stories to alleviate the boredomStorytelling was the
most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone
Sometimes, fact mixed with fiction so thoroughly that, though no lies were told, it was hard to
remember what was strictly true
When we thought of the new planet–Earth, so dry, so varied, and filled with such violent,
destructive denizens we could barely imagine them–our horror was sometimes overshadowed by
our excitementStories spun themselves quickly around the thrilling new subjectThe
wars–wars! our kind having to fight!–were first reported accurately and then embellished and
fictionalizedWhen the stories conflicted louis vuitton travel bags with the official information I sought out, I naturally
believed the first reports
But there were whispers of this: of human hosts so strong that the souls were forced to
abandon themHosts whose minds could not be completely suppressedSouls who took on the
personality of the body, rather than the other way around
But that seemed almost to be the Healer's accusation
I dismissed the thoughtThe more likely meaning of his censure was the distaste most of us felt
for the Seeker's CallingWho would choose a life of conflict and pursuit? Who would be
attracted to the chore of tracking down unwilling hosts and capturing them? Who would have
the stomach to face the violence of this particular species, the hostile humans who killed so
easily, so thoughtlessly? Here, on this planet, the Seekers had become practically a… militia–my
new brain supplied the term for the unfamiliar bag by louis vuitton concep